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Bolander's groundsel, Bolander's ragwort

New Mexico groundsel

Habit Perennials, 20–50+ cm; fibrous-rooted (caudices creeping). Perennials, biennials, or annuals, 20–50+ cm; fibrous-rooted, taprooted, or ± rhizomatous (bases branched, horizontal or ascending to erect).
Stems

1 or 2–3, loosely clustered, glabrous.

1 or 2–5+, clustered, lanate- or arachno-tomentose or glabrescent.

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.

(often abaxially cyanic) petiolate (petioles hairy to glabrate);

blades ovate to lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, 20–60+ × 10–30+ mm, bases abruptly contracted to tapering, margins subentire or denticulate to subserrate (abaxial faces usually tomentose, adaxials frequently glabrate).

Cauline leaves

gradually reduced (petiolate or sessile and clasping; lanceolate, incised).

gradually or abruptly reduced (proximal petiolate, similar to basals; mids and distals sessile, lanceolate, entire).

Peduncles

ebracteate or inconspicuously bracteate, glabrous.

conspicuously bracteate, usually hairy.

Ray florets

8 or 13;

corolla laminae 10–15+ mm.

(5–)8 or 13;

corolla laminae 4–10 mm.

Disc florets

30–45+;

corolla tubes 3–4 mm, limbs 3.5–4.5 mm.

40–60+;

corolla tubes 1.5–2.5 mm, limbs 3.5–4.5 mm.

Phyllaries

(8), 13, or 21, dark green, 5–8 mm, glabrous or sparsely tomentose proximally.

13 or 21, green or yellowish, 4–7+ mm, tomentose to glabrescent.

Calyculi

conspicuous.

conspicuous.

Heads

8–15+ in corymbiform or subumbelliform arrays.

3–20+ in open or compact, corymbiform to subumbelliform arrays (subtended by smaller arrays arising from leaf axils).

Cypselae

2.5–3.5 mm, glabrous;

pappi 5–7 mm.

1.5–2.5 mm, usually hirtellous on ribs, sometimes glabrous;

pappi 5–6+ mm.

2n

= 46.

= 44, 46, 92.

Packera bolanderi

Packera neomexicana

Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR; WA
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from FNA
AZ; CO; NM; UT; w Mexico
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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.)

Varieties 3 (3 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Key
1. Basal leaves (relatively thick and turgid); phyllaries 13 or 21, 6–8+ mm, hairy proximally (hairs tan or brownish, multicelled)
var. bolanderi
1. Basal leaves (relatively thin); phyllaries 8, 13, (or 21), 5–6 mm, glabrous
var. harfordii
1. Plants loosely tomentose or glabrate; basal leaves: blades narrowly lanceolate, margins subentire or irregularly dentate
var. mutabilis
1. Plants usually densely lanate or woolly tomentose, seldom glabrate; basal leaves: blades ovate or broadly lanceolate, margins dentate to deeply dentate or dissected
→ 2
2. Plants taprooted; cauline leaves conspicuous
var. neomexicana
2. Plants rhizomatous or fibrous-rooted; cauline leaves inconspicuous (bractlike)
var. toumeyi
Source FNA vol. 20, p. 579. FNA vol. 20, p. 593.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Packera Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Packera
Sibling taxa
P. anonyma, P. antennariifolia, P. aurea, P. bernardina, P. breweri, P. cana, P. cardamine, P. castoreus, P. clevelandii, P. contermina, P. crocata, P. cymbalaria, P. cynthioides, P. debilis, P. dimorphophylla, P. eurycephala, P. fendleri, P. flettii, P. franciscana, P. ganderi, P. glabella, P. greenei, P. hartiana, P. hesperia, P. hyperborealis, P. indecora, P. ionophylla, P. layneae, P. macounii, P. malmstenii, P. millefolium, P. millelobata, P. multilobata, P. musiniensis, P. neomexicana, P. obovata, P. ogotorukensis, P. pauciflora, P. paupercula, P. plattensis, P. porteri, P. pseudaurea, P. quercetorum, P. sanguisorboides, P. schweinitziana, P. spellenbergii, P. streptanthifolia, P. subnuda, P. tampicana, P. texensis, P. tomentosa, P. tridenticulata, P. werneriifolia
P. anonyma, P. antennariifolia, P. aurea, P. bernardina, P. bolanderi, P. breweri, P. cana, P. cardamine, P. castoreus, P. clevelandii, P. contermina, P. crocata, P. cymbalaria, P. cynthioides, P. debilis, P. dimorphophylla, P. eurycephala, P. fendleri, P. flettii, P. franciscana, P. ganderi, P. glabella, P. greenei, P. hartiana, P. hesperia, P. hyperborealis, P. indecora, P. ionophylla, P. layneae, P. macounii, P. malmstenii, P. millefolium, P. millelobata, P. multilobata, P. musiniensis, P. obovata, P. ogotorukensis, P. pauciflora, P. paupercula, P. plattensis, P. porteri, P. pseudaurea, P. quercetorum, P. sanguisorboides, P. schweinitziana, P. spellenbergii, P. streptanthifolia, P. subnuda, P. tampicana, P. texensis, P. tomentosa, P. tridenticulata, P. werneriifolia
Subordinate taxa
P. bolanderi var. bolanderi, P. bolanderi var. harfordii
P. neomexicana var. mutabilis, P. neomexicana var. neomexicana, P. neomexicana var. toumeyi
Synonyms Senecio bolanderi Senecio neomexicanus
Name authority (A. Gray) W. A. Weber & Á. Löve: Phytologia 49: 45. (1981) (A. Gray) W. A. Weber & Á. Löve: Phytologia 49: 47. (1981)
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