Packera greenei |
Packera tridenticulata |
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flame ragwort |
threetooth ragwort |
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Habit | Perennials, 20–30+ cm; rhizomatous (rhizomes horizontal to erect, not branched), sometimes stoloniferous. | Perennials, 10–30+ cm; taprooted (caudices ascending to erect). |
Stems | 1, irregularly lanate or tomentose. |
1 or multiple, clustered, usually glabrous, rarely sparsely floccose-tomentose, leaf axils sometimes tomentose. |
Basal leaves | (and proximal cauline) petiolate; blades orbiculate, ovate, oblanceolate, or rhombic, 20–50+ × 20–40+ mm, bases tapering, sometimes obtuse, margins coarsely dentate to crenate-dentate. |
(and proximal cauline, relatively thick and turgid) petiolate; blades lanceolate or narrowly oblanceolate, 20–40+ × 5–15 mm, bases tapering, margins usually entire, sometimes sub-pinnatisect (apices subentire or dentate). |
Cauline leaves | gradually to abruptly reduced (petioles broad-winged, clasping, blades obovate, bases tapering, margins irregularly dentate; distal sessile, linear to lanceolate, entire). |
gradually reduced (± petiolate or sessile). |
Peduncles | bracteate, lanate or tomentose distally. |
bracteate, glabrous or sparsely tomentose. |
Ray florets | 8–10(–13); corolla laminae (red-orange) 8–15+ mm. |
8–10(–13); corolla laminae 5–8+ mm. |
Disc florets | 35–65+; corolla tubes 4–5 mm, limbs 5–6 mm. |
45–60+; corolla tubes 3–3.5 mm, limbs 4–5 mm. |
Phyllaries | 21, green (tips sometimes deep red), 8–10+ mm, densely tomentose proximally, sparsely tomentose distally. |
13 or 21, green, 6–10 mm, sparsely tomentose proximally, glabrous distally. |
Calyculi | conspicuous. |
inconspicuous. |
Heads | 1–3+. |
4–15+ in corymbiform arrays. |
Cypselae | 1.5–2.5 mm, glabrous; pappi 8–11 mm. |
1.5–2.5 mm, glabrous or sparsely hirtellous on ribs; pappi 5–6 mm. |
2n | = 40, 46, 92. |
= 46. |
Packera greenei |
Packera tridenticulata |
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Phenology | Flowering mid May–early Jul. | Flowering late May–early Jul. |
Habitat | Dry, rocky, usually serpentine soils, open scrub-pine associations | Open, dry areas, roadsides, gravelly or sandy slopes, short-grass prairies or sagebrush scrubs |
Elevation | 100–1600 m (300–5200 ft) | 1000–2000 m (3300–6600 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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CO; KS; ND; NE; NM; OK; SD; TX; WY
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Discussion | Of conservation concern. Packera greenei is known from Coast Ranges of northern California. It has relatively large heads and bright orange-red ray corollas; its leaves are usually cyanic abaxially. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Packera tridenticulata is found throughout the central High Plains, in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, and in high valleys to the west of the Rocky Mountain front. It tends to grow in clumps; the multiple stems arise from well-developed taproots. It apparently hybridizes with P. neomexicana var. mutabilis where their ranges overlap. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 588. | FNA vol. 20, p. 601. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Packera | Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Packera |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Senecio greenei | Senecio tridenticulatus, Senecio acutidens, Senecio compactus, Senecio densus, Senecio oblanceolatus |
Name authority | (A. Gray) W. A. Weber & Á. Löve: Phytologia 49: 47. (1981) | (Rydberg) W. A. Weber & Á. Löve: Phytologia 49: 48. (1981) |
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