Packera bolanderi |
Packera ganderi |
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Bolander's groundsel, Bolander's ragwort |
Gander's ragwort |
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Habit | Perennials, 20–50+ cm; fibrous-rooted (caudices creeping). | Perennials, 30–80+ cm; fibrous-rooted (bases weakly spreading). | ||||
Stems | 1 or 2–3, loosely clustered, glabrous. |
1, glabrous or bases hairy. |
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Basal leaves | (and proximal cauline) petiolate; blades ± orbiculate to oblong, or lyrate (lateral lobes 1–3 pairs, sinuses usually rounded, midribs usually winged), 50–120+ × 30–70+ mm, bases cordate to subcordate, margins shallowly to deeply incised. |
(and proximal cauline, relatively turgid or leathery) petiolate; blades reniform to suborbiculate, 40–70+ × 40–80+ mm, bases truncate to cordate, margins dentate or shallowly lobed. |
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Cauline leaves | gradually reduced (petiolate or sessile and clasping; lanceolate, incised). |
abruptly reduced (petiolate or sessile, oblanceolate, pinnatifid; distal sessile, bractlike). |
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Peduncles | ebracteate or inconspicuously bracteate, glabrous. |
ebracteate (or bractlets 1–2), glabrous. |
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Ray florets | 8 or 13; corolla laminae 10–15+ mm. |
13 or 21; corolla laminae 10–12+ mm. |
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Disc florets | 30–45+; corolla tubes 3–4 mm, limbs 3.5–4.5 mm. |
40–60+; corolla tubes 3–4 mm, limbs 2.5–3.5 mm. |
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Phyllaries | (8), 13, or 21, dark green, 5–8 mm, glabrous or sparsely tomentose proximally. |
(13–)21, dark green with yellow margins, 8–11+ mm, glabrous. |
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Calyculi | conspicuous. |
0 or inconspicuous. |
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Heads | 8–15+ in corymbiform or subumbelliform arrays. |
3–6+ in compact, cymiform arrays. |
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Cypselae | 2.5–3.5 mm, glabrous; pappi 5–7 mm. |
5–6 mm, glabrous; pappi 5–7 mm. |
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2n | = 46. |
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Packera bolanderi |
Packera ganderi |
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Phenology | Flowering mid Apr–late May. | |||||
Habitat | Recently burned chaparral on mountain slopes, gabbroic soils | |||||
Elevation | 700–1100 m [2300–3600 ft] | |||||
Distribution |
CA; OR; WA
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CA |
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). The two varieties of Packera bolanderi have been treated as species. The morphologic characteristics used to distinguish the varieties vary widely within some populations. Presence or absence of multicellular hairs has been used to separate the varieties; that trait is also variable. The morphologic distinction is weak; habitat and elevation records lend support for recognizing two varieties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Of conservation concern. Packera ganderi is known only from the mountain ranges of San Diego County, where it has been collected from three sites. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 579. | FNA vol. 20, p. 588. | ||||
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Synonyms | Senecio bolanderi | Senecio ganderi | ||||
Name authority | (A. Gray) W. A. Weber & Á. Löve: Phytologia 49: 45. (1981) | (T. M. Barkley & R. M. Beauchamp) W. A. Weber & Á. Löve: Phytologia 49: 47. (1981) | ||||
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