Packera hesperia |
Packera multilobata |
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serpentine groundsel, Siskiyou butterweed, western ragwort |
lobeleaf groundsel |
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Habit | Perennials, 7–15+ cm; fibrous-rooted (caudices relatively slender). | Biennials or perennials, 20–40+ cm; taprooted (caudices ascending to erect, weakly branched). |
Stems | 1, glabrous or 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) petiolate; blades ovate, oblanceolate, or spatulate, 10–30 × 5–20 mm, bases tapering, sometimes obtuse, margins entire, subentire, or dentate. |
(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 | abruptly reduced (sessile, clasping; bractlike, entire). |
gradually reduced (sessile). |
Peduncles | bracteate (bractlets red-tinged), densely lanate-tomentose. |
conspicuously bracteate, glabrous or tomentose. |
Ray florets | (8–)13; corolla laminae 6–10+ mm. |
8–13; corolla laminae 7–10 mm. |
Disc florets | 35–50+; corolla tubes 2.5–3.5 mm, limbs 3–4 mm. |
40–50+; corolla tubes 4–5 mm, limbs 3–4 mm. |
Phyllaries | (13–)21, green (tips red or dark red), densely tomentose proximally. |
13–21, green (tips often yellow), 4–9+ mm, glabrous or sparsely tomentose (at least proximally). |
Calyculi | conspicuous (bractlets narrow, red-tinged). |
conspicuous. |
Heads | 1–4+ in corymbiform arrays. |
10–30+ in open, corymbiform or subumbelliform arrays. |
Cypselae | 1.5–2 mm, glabrous; pappi 5–6 mm. |
2–3 mm, glabrous or hirtellous on ribs; pappi 5–6 mm. |
2n | = 46. |
= 46, 92. |
Packera hesperia |
Packera multilobata |
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Phenology | Flowering mid Apr–mid Jun. | Flowering early May–mid Jul. |
Habitat | Serpentine derived soils, open woodland scrub | Dry rocky or sandy soils in sagebrush, woodlands, and subalpine areas |
Elevation | 500–2500 m (1600–8200 ft) | 1200–2900 m (3900–9500 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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AZ; CA; CO; ID; NM; NV; UT; WY
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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 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. 589. | FNA vol. 20, p. 592. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Packera | Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Packera |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Senecio hesperius, Senecio auleticus | Senecio multilobatus, Senecio leucoreus, Senecio lynceus, Senecio nelsonii var. uintahensis, Senecio prolixus, Senecio stygius, Senecio thornberi, Senecio uintahensis |
Name authority | (Greene) W. A. Weber & Á. Löve: Phytologia 49: 47. (1981) | (Torrey & A. Gray) W. A. Weber & Á. Löve: Phytologia 49: 47. (1981) |
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