Packera breweri |
Packera pauciflora |
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rayless alpine butterweed, rayless alpine groundsel |
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Habit | Glabrous, fibrous-rooted perennial from a short, woody base, 1.5-4 dm. tall. | |
Leaves | Somewhat succulent, the basal ones mostly elliptic-ovate to sub-rotund, abruptly contracted to the truncate base, with rounded teeth and a petiole; cauline leaves reduced and becoming sessile on the upper part of the stem, bluntly toothed or pinnatifid with blunt lobes. |
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Flowers | Heads 2-6, rarely more, orange or reddish, rayless; involucre 6-8 mm. high, its bracts generally suffused with reddish-purple. |
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Packera breweri |
Packera pauciflora |
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Identification notes | The few discoid heads with orange or reddish disk flowers, along with the rather succulent leaves, should identify this species. | |
Flowering time | June-August | |
Habitat | Alpine and subalpine meadows and moist cliffs. | |
Distribution | Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to northern Washington, disjunct in California and northwest Wyoming, east to Northwest Territory and Alberta, also in eastern Canada.
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Origin | Native | |
Conservation status | Not of concern | |
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