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Bolander's ragwort

Habit Plants perennial, 20–50+ cm; caudices fibrous-rooted, branched.
Stems

1–3, loosely clustered, glabrous.

Basal leaves

blades orbiculate to lyrate, bases cordate to sub-cordate, ultimate margins shallowly to deeply incised, with distinct lateral lobes in 1–3 pairs; midribs usually winged, petiolate.

Cauline leaves

lower orbiculate to lyrate, with distinct lateral lobes in 1–3 pairs; middle and upper cauline reduced, lanceolate, incised; lower petiolate; upper sessile or clasping.

Involucres

campanulate.

Ray florets

8 or 13;

rays 10–15+ mm.

Disc florets

30–45+;

corolla tubes 3–4 mm;

limbs 3.5–4.5 mm.

Phyllaries

8, 13 or 21, 5–8 mm, dark green;

surfaces glabrous or sparsely pubescent.

Calyculi

conspicuous.

Fruits

2.5–3.5 mm, glabrous;

pappi 5–7 mm.

Heads

8–15+; in corymb- or umbel-like arrays, radiate;

peduncles glabrous;

bracts absent or inconspicuous.

2n

=46.

Packera breweri

Packera bolanderi

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Discussion

The two varieties of Packera bolanderi have been treated as species by some authors. However, the morphological characteristics used to distinguish them vary widely within some populations. Although the morphological distinction is weak, habitat and elevation records lend support for recognizing two varieties.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 321
Debra Trock
Sibling taxa
P. bolanderi, P. cana, P. eurycephala, P. flettii, P. hesperia, P. macounii, P. porteri, P. pseudaurea, P. streptanthifolia, P. subnuda
P. cana, P. eurycephala, P. flettii, P. hesperia, P. macounii, P. porteri, P. pseudaurea, P. streptanthifolia, P. subnuda
Subordinate taxa
P. bolanderi var. bolanderi, P. bolanderi var. harfordii
Synonyms Senecio bolanderi
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