Packera crocata
Packera neomexicana
saffron ragwort
New Mexico groundsel
usually 1, rarely 2–3, clustered, glabrous.
1 or 2–5+, clustered, lanate- or arachno-tomentose or glabrescent.
(and proximal cauline) petiolate (petioles narrow);
blades narrowly lanceolate or ovate to oblong-ovate, 20–60+ × 10–40+ mm, bases abruptly contracted to tapering, margins subentire to crenate-dentate.
(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).
gradually reduced (sessile, weakly clasping; lanceolate to oblong or sublyrate, often pinnately lobed).
gradually or abruptly reduced (proximal petiolate, similar to basals; mids and distals sessile, lanceolate, entire).
ebracteate or bracteate (bractlets inconspicuous), glabrous.
conspicuously bracteate, usually hairy.
8 or 13;
corolla laminae (deep yellow to orange-red) 6–8+ mm.
(5–)8 or 13;
corolla laminae 4–10 mm.
60–80+;
corolla tubes 4.5–5.5 mm, limbs 2.5–3.5 mm.
40–60+;
corolla tubes 1.5–2.5 mm, limbs 3.5–4.5 mm.
13 or 21, light green (or tips cyanic), 4–8 mm, glabrous.
13 or 21, green or yellowish, 4–7+ mm, tomentose to glabrescent.
0 or inconspicuous.
conspicuous.
7–15+ in open, corymbiform arrays.
3–20+ in open or compact, corymbiform to subumbelliform arrays (subtended by smaller arrays arising from leaf axils).
1–1.5 mm, glabrous;
pappi 3–5 mm.
1.5–2.5 mm, usually hirtellous on ribs, sometimes glabrous;
pappi 5–6+ mm.
= 46.
= 44, 46, 92.
Packera crocata
Packera neomexicana
Packera crocata is characterized by deep yellow to reddish orange corollas. Some collectors have noted that there may be evidence for hybridization between P. crocata and P. dimorphophylla; the relationship between the two species needs further study.
(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.)
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 |
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