Packera fendleri |
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Fendler's ragwort, notchleaf groundsel |
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Habit | Perennials, 10–40+ cm; rhizomatous (rhizomes horizontal to suberect, branched). |
Stems | 1 or multiple (crowded to subcespitose), floccose-tomentose or glabrescent. |
Basal leaves | petiolate; blades lanceolate to oblanceolate, 30–60+ × 10–30+ mm, bases tapering, margins shallowly, evenly pinnatifid to pinnatisect or wavy (adaxial faces floccose-tomentose or subglabrescent). |
Cauline leaves | gradually reduced (sessile; lanceolate to oblanceolate, pinnatisect to wavy). |
Peduncles | bracteate, densely to irregularly floccose. |
Ray florets | 6–8+; corolla laminae 5–7 mm. |
Disc florets | 30–40+; corolla tubes 2.5–3 mm, limbs, 2.5–3.5 mm. |
Phyllaries | 13, green, 5–7 mm, floccose proximally to glabrescent distally. |
Calyculi | 0 or inconspicuous (bractlets red-tinged). |
Heads | 6–25+ in open or compact, corymbiform arrays. |
Cypselae | 2.5–3 mm, glabrous; pappi 4–5 mm. |
2n | = 46. |
Packera fendleri |
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Phenology | Flowering late May–early Oct. |
Habitat | Steep slopes, loose, dry rocky or gravelly soils, along streams, open forests, disturbed sites |
Elevation | 1600–3200 m (5200–10500 ft) |
Distribution |
CO; NM; WY
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Discussion | Packera fendleri is abundant, almost weedy in the southern Rocky Mountains. It thrives in a wide range of elevations and in a wide variety of habitats; flowering times vary. It frequently grows in close association with other species of Packera and may hybridize with them. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 587. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Packera |
Sibling taxa | |
Synonyms | Senecio fendleri, Senecio canovirens, Senecio fendleri var. molestus, Senecio nelsonii, Senecio rosulatus, Senecio salicinus |
Name authority | (A. Gray) W. A. Weber & Á. Löve: Phytologia 49: 46. (1981) |
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