Burke: Packera breweri vs. Packera bolanderi

	Packera breweri	Packera bolanderi
		Bolander's groundsel
Habit		Glabrous perennial from a branching rhizome, 1-6 dm. tall.
Leaves		Basal leaves well-developed and persistent, thick and firm, petiolate, the blade cordate, up to 7 cm. broad and long, shallowly palmately lobed, the lobes again toothed; cauline leaves several, pinnatifid, reduced upward.
Flowers		Heads several in a compact, cymose cluster; involucre 5-7 mm. high, pubescent, often with a few, slender bracteoles; rays yellow.
Fruits		Achene

	Packera breweri	Packera bolanderi
Flowering time		June-July
Habitat		Moist, rocky woodlands, banks, bluffs, and beaches, from the lowlands to middle elevations in the mountains.
Distribution	[WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	Occurring west of the Cascades crest in southwestern Washington and in the Columbia River Gorge; southern Washington to California. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin		Native
Conservation status		Not of concern
Sibling taxa	P. bolanderi, P. cana, P. contermina, P. flettii, P. indecora, P. macounii, P. pauciflora, P. paupercula, P. porteri, P. pseudaurea, P. streptanthifolia, P. subnuda	P. cana, P. contermina, P. flettii, P. indecora, P. macounii, P. pauciflora, P. paupercula, P. porteri, P. pseudaurea, P. streptanthifolia, P. subnuda
Subordinate taxa		P. bolanderi var. harfordii
Web links	Local floras: CA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search	Local floras: OR, WA Local Web sites: Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Packera breweri

Packera bolanderi

Bolander's groundsel

Habit

Glabrous perennial from a branching rhizome, 1-6 dm. tall.

Leaves

Basal leaves well-developed and persistent, thick and firm, petiolate, the blade cordate, up to 7 cm. broad and long, shallowly palmately lobed, the lobes again toothed;

cauline leaves several, pinnatifid, reduced upward.

Flowers

Heads several in a compact, cymose cluster;

involucre 5-7 mm. high, pubescent, often with a few, slender bracteoles;

rays yellow.

Fruits

Achene