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Bolander's groundsel, Bolander's ragwort

Ogotoruk Creek butterweed, Ogotoruk Creek ragwort

Habit Perennials, 20–50+ cm; fibrous-rooted (caudices creeping). Perennials, 8–15+ cm; fibrous-rooted or ± rhizomatous (bases horizontal to ascending).
Stems

1 or 2–3, loosely clustered, glabrous.

1 (often branched proximally, sometimes distally), sparsely to densely floccose-tomentose.

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.

petiolate;

blades elliptic to oblanceolate or ovate, 20–80+ × 20–60+ mm, bases tapering, margins entire, crenate-serrate, or irregularly to pinnately lobed (abaxial faces white-tomentose, adaxials patchy tomentose to glabrate).

Cauline leaves

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

gradually to abruptly reduced (sessile; mids lanceolate to oblanceolate, irregularly serrate to pinnately lobed, distals bractlike).

Peduncles

ebracteate or inconspicuously bracteate, glabrous.

bracteate, ± tomentose.

Ray florets

8 or 13;

corolla laminae 10–15+ mm.

10–13+;

corolla laminae 8–12+ mm.

Disc florets

30–45+;

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

60–70+;

corolla tubes 1–1.5 mm, limbs 2–2.5 mm.

Phyllaries

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

13 or 21, green (sometimes with purple streaks, tips usually purple), 4–8 mm, proximally tomentose, rarely glabrous.

Calyculi

conspicuous.

conspicuous (bractlets purple-tinged).

Heads

8–15+ in corymbiform or subumbelliform arrays.

1(–3).

Cypselae

2.5–3.5 mm, glabrous;

pappi 5–7 mm.

1–1.5 mm, glabrous;

pappi 2.5–3 mm.

2n

= 46.

= 92.

Packera bolanderi

Packera ogotorukensis

Phenology Flowering mid Jun–mid Jul (maritime), early Jul–early Aug (continental).
Habitat Open rocky/gravelly areas, tundra, talus slopes, stream banks, roadsides
Elevation 0–1800 m (0–5900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR; WA
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from FNA
AK; BC; NT; YT
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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.)

Plants of Packera ogotorukensis have been treated as a disjunct of P. conterminus (as Senecio conterminus). Gross morphology, cytological data, and pollen morphology all provide good evidence for recognition of P. ogotorukensis as a distinct species.

(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
Source FNA vol. 20, p. 579. FNA vol. 20, p. 594.
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. neomexicana, P. obovata, 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
Synonyms Senecio bolanderi Senecio ogotorukensis
Name authority (A. Gray) W. A. Weber & Á. Löve: Phytologia 49: 45. (1981) (Packer) Á. Löve & D. Löve: Bot. Not. 128: 520. (1976)
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