This senecio has both yellow disk and yellow ray flowers, putting it into the group of yellow composites that are tough for most people without botanical training to identify. We believe it to be a Rock Ragwort (Senecio fremontii var blitoides formerly Senecio carthamnoides)
Photo courtesy of Rocky Mountain National Park.
Last updated: March 31, 2012
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1000 US Hwy 36
Estes Park,
CO
80517
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970 586-1206
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Recorded Trail Ridge Road status: (970) 586-1222.
