Common
name: Black Tip Senecio
Latin name: Senecio atratus
Annual/Perennial:
Perennial
Flowers: July to August
Flower size: 1/2"
Found in: Montane to Subalpine
Height: 30" to 40"
Invasive: No
Native species: No Useful in garden: No
Image taken:
Guanella Pass
Pictured
Wildflower: Black Tip Senecio - Senecio
atratus
Wildflower
Field notes: Black Tip Senecio is quite common. Its called
Black Tip Senecio because the flower bracts have a small black tip
on them. The flowers generally have some sort of black, beetle
like insect grazing on them.
Look for Black Tip Senecio growing
along sunny roadsides or near rock piles.
