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Queen BFS - Danaus gilippus - male
Copyright © 2008 Robert L. Pearson

Queen BFS - Danaus gilippus - Male
Skull Valley, (WSW of Prescott 10 miles), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
June 25, 2008
Found a group of 25 to 30 on this blue-green stemmed( 2-3 ft tall) composite with yellow flowers growing along the SW edge of the dirt airstrip. I would like to ID the plant also, if possible?
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Contributed by Robert L. Pearson on 18 April, 2009 - 3:59pm

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I wonder if it might be some kind of ragwort (Senecio/Packera)? I don't know Arizona plants, but that's what the flowers remind me of.
… Charley Eiseman, 18 April, 2009 - 5:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Ragwort
Thanks Charley Eiseman ; My 1960 Arizona Flora by Kearny & Peebles lists 27 species of Senecio. Thanks for the help, you've gotten me started anyway.
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