Packera streptanthifolia |
Packera antennariifolia |
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Rocky Mountain butterweed, cleftleaf groundsel, Rocky Mountain groundsel |
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Habit | Glabrous, fibrous-rooted perennial from a short, woody base or rhizome, 1-5 dm. high. | |
Leaves | Somewhat succulent, the basal ones with long petioles and mostly elliptic or sub-rotund blade, with course, rounded teeth or entire; cauline leaves few and reduced, becoming sessile on the upper stem but not clasping, about twice as long as wide, usually somewhat coarsely lobed toward their bases. |
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Flowers | Heads several, involucres 5-7 mm. high; rays 6-12 mm. long, yellow. |
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Packera streptanthifolia |
Packera antennariifolia |
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Flowering time | May-August | |
Habitat | Moist to moderately dry open areas and forest, from middle elevations to the subalpine. | |
Distribution | Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Yukon Territory to California, east to the Rocky Mountains and Sasketchewan.
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Origin | Native | |
Conservation status | Not of concern | |
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