Packera hesperia |
Packera macounii |
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serpentine groundsel, Siskiyou butterweed, western ragwort |
long-ray groundsel, Macoun's butterweed, Macoun's groundsel, Puget butterweed, Siskiyou Mountain ragwort, Siskiyou Mountains ragwort |
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Habit | Perennials, 7–15+ cm; fibrous-rooted (caudices relatively slender). | Perennials, 30–40+ cm; taprooted (caudices ± branched, becoming rhizomiform). |
Stems | 1, glabrous or sparsely tomentose. |
1, sparsely to densely tomentose or glabrescent. |
Basal leaves | (and proximal cauline) petiolate; blades ovate, oblanceolate, or spatulate, 10–30 × 5–20 mm, bases tapering, sometimes obtuse, margins entire, subentire, or dentate. |
(and proximal) petiolate; blades lanceolate to oblanceolate, 30–50+ × 10–20 mm, bases tapering, margins entire or shallowly toothed (slightly revolute). |
Cauline leaves | abruptly reduced (sessile, clasping; bractlike, entire). |
gradually reduced (distal sessile, bractlike). |
Peduncles | bracteate (bractlets red-tinged), densely lanate-tomentose. |
inconspicuously bracteate or ebracteate, sparsely tomentose to glabrate. |
Ray florets | (8–)13; corolla laminae 6–10+ mm. |
8(–13); corolla laminae 8–10+ mm. |
Disc florets | 35–50+; corolla tubes 2.5–3.5 mm, limbs 3–4 mm. |
30–40+; corolla tubes 2.5–3.5 mm, limbs 2–3 mm. |
Phyllaries | (13–)21, green (tips red or dark red), densely tomentose proximally. |
13 or 21, green, 5–7+ mm, glabrous. |
Calyculi | conspicuous (bractlets narrow, red-tinged). |
0 or inconspicuous. |
Heads | 1–4+ in corymbiform arrays. |
6–15+ in corymbiform arrays. |
Cypselae | 1.5–2 mm, glabrous; pappi 5–6 mm. |
1.5–2 mm, glabrous; pappi 4–5 mm. |
2n | = 46. |
= 46, 92. |
Packera hesperia |
Packera macounii |
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Phenology | Flowering mid Apr–mid Jun. | Flowering early May–early Jul. |
Habitat | Serpentine derived soils, open woodland scrub | Along streams, roadsides, clearings, disturbed sites, rocky soils, coniferous woodlands |
Elevation | 500–2500 m (1600–8200 ft) | 400–1400 m (1300–4600 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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CA; OR; WA; BC
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Discussion | Of conservation concern. Packera hesperia is known only from the Siskiyou Mountains. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Packera macounii is similar in overall morphology to P. cana. Leaves of P. macounii are narrower and frequently revolute. It is often cited as being collected on serpentine soils; it is not restricted to them. Senecio fastigiatus Nuttall (1840) is a later homonym of S. fastigiatus Schweinitz ex Elliott (1823), a name of uncertain application. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 589. | FNA vol. 20, p. 591. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Packera | Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Packera |
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Synonyms | Senecio hesperius, Senecio auleticus | Senecio macounii, Senecio fastigiatus, Senecio fastigiatus subsp. macounii, Senecio leucocrinus, Senecio ligulifolius, Senecio spatuliformis |
Name authority | (Greene) W. A. Weber & Á. Löve: Phytologia 49: 47. (1981) | (Greene) W. A. Weber & Á. Löve: Phytologia 49: 47. (1981) |
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