Senecio glomeratus

Cutleaf burnweed

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Not Native

Conservation status: Cal-IPC Yes

Cutleaf burnweed is a naturalized perennial herb found in coastal areas of northern California, including the North Coast, western Central Western California, and northern Channel Islands at elevations below 300 meters. Flowering from April to September, this plant produces heads of small greenish flowers clustered densely at branch tips, forming panicle-like clusters. Growing with gray to white-hairy stems 1 to 2 meters tall, it develops multiple stems from a taprooted base. Its leaves are distinctive, with sessile mid-stem leaves 3 to 15 centimeters long, pinnately lobed with dentate edges, becoming smaller and bract-like toward the stem tips. The plant forms numerous small flower heads, with each involucre containing 13 light green, hairy phyllaries.

Habitat: Disturbed sites, mostly coastal

Bloom period: Apr-Sep

Elevation: < 300 m

Bioregions: NCo, NCoRO, w CW, n ChI

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.