Packera glabella |
Packera multilobata |
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butterweed |
lobeleaf groundsel |
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Habit | Annuals or biennials, 20–70+ cm; fibrous-rooted (caudices relatively short, weak). | Biennials or perennials, 20–40+ cm; taprooted (caudices ascending to erect, weakly branched). |
Stems | 1 (striated, frequently hollow, often pink- to purple-tinged), glabrous or leaf axils sparsely tomentose. |
1 or 2–5, loosely clustered, usually glabrous or glabrescent, sometimes sparsely tomentose throughout, axils (basal leaves) tomentose. |
Basal leaves | (and proximal cauline) obscurely petiolate; blades obovate to oblanceolate, sometimes lyrate (lateral lobes to 5 pairs, terminal lobes larger than laterals), 50–150+ × 10–30+ mm, bases tapering, ultimate margins crenate to irregularly undulate. |
(and proximal cauline) petiolate; blades obovate, oblanceolate, spatulate, or lyrate to sublyrate (± pinnately lobed, lateral lobes 3–6 pairs, smaller than terminal lobes), 40–80+ × 10–30+ mm, bases tapering, ultimate margins incised to dentate. |
Cauline leaves | gradually reduced (weakly clasping, similar to basal). |
gradually reduced (sessile). |
Peduncles | bracteate, glabrous or bases tomentose. |
conspicuously bracteate, glabrous or tomentose. |
Ray florets | (8–)13; corolla laminae 7–9 mm. |
8–13; corolla laminae 7–10 mm. |
Disc florets | 35–50+; corolla tubes 2.5–3.5 mm, limbs 2–3 mm. |
40–50+; corolla tubes 4–5 mm, limbs 3–4 mm. |
Phyllaries | (13–)21, green, 5–7 mm, glabrous. |
13–21, green (tips often yellow), 4–9+ mm, glabrous or sparsely tomentose (at least proximally). |
Calyculi | conspicuous (bractlets 2.5–4 mm). |
conspicuous. |
Heads | 8–30+ in umbelliform or cymiform arrays (robust plants with multiple arrays). |
10–30+ in open, corymbiform or subumbelliform arrays. |
Cypselae | 1–1.5 mm, sparsely hirtellous on ribs or glabrous; pappi 3–4 mm. |
2–3 mm, glabrous or hirtellous on ribs; pappi 5–6 mm. |
2n | = 46. |
= 46, 92. |
Packera glabella |
Packera multilobata |
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Phenology | Flowering (Feb–)mid Mar–late May. | Flowering early May–mid Jul. |
Habitat | Open wet areas, edges of woodlands, stream banks, roadsides, meadows, marshes, fallow fields | Dry rocky or sandy soils in sagebrush, woodlands, and subalpine areas |
Elevation | 0–600 m (0–2000 ft) | 1200–2900 m (3900–9500 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; FL; GA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MO; MS; NC; NE; OH; OK; SC; TN; TX
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AZ; CA; CO; ID; NM; NV; UT; WY
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Discussion | Packera glabella is common and almost weedy in wet, partially shaded places. The hollow, striated stems of P. glabella are distinctive. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Packera multilobata is abundant and widespread west of the Continental Divide. Both morphology and habitat vary. In colder parts of its range, plants are shorter, caudices are better developed with clustered stems, and leaf lobes are larger. In desert-like habitats, basal leaves are narrower and more finely lobed, the tomentum is often persistent, and stems are usually single. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 588. | FNA vol. 20, p. 592. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Packera | Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Packera |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Senecio glabellus, Senecio carolinianus, Senecio densiflorus, Senecio lobatus, Senecio lyratus, Senecio mississipianus | Senecio multilobatus, Senecio leucoreus, Senecio lynceus, Senecio nelsonii var. uintahensis, Senecio prolixus, Senecio stygius, Senecio thornberi, Senecio uintahensis |
Name authority | (Poiret) C. Jeffrey: Kew Bull. 47: 101. (1992) | (Torrey & A. Gray) W. A. Weber & Á. Löve: Phytologia 49: 47. (1981) |
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