There, Samuel Hearne, fur trader, and a group of Dene, from the Chipwyan area, were involved in the 1771 killings of a sleeping Inuit family. Richardson found a yellow Senecio flower there, with black tips. He named the species: Senecio lugens. For mourning. /3
Senecio lugens (small black-tip ragwort - séneçon pleureur). Coppermine River valley, Nunavut, Canada. July 2, 2014. #PlantPerDay https://t.co/POT75F0OuQ
