Packera ionophylla |
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Tehachapi ragwort |
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Habit | Perennials, 15–30+ cm; taprooted (caudices erect) or rhizomatous (rhizomes branched). |
Stems | usually 1, rarely 2–3, clustered, irregularly arachnoid-tomentose to lanate-tomentose or glabrescent. |
Basal leaves | (and proximal cauline, relatively turgid) petiolate; blades broadly ovate or lyrate (± pinnately lobed, lateral lobes 1–3 pairs, smaller than terminals), 10–30+ × 10–20+ mm, bases tapering to cuneate, ultimate margins subentire or crenate to coarsely dentate (abaxial faces tomentose). |
Cauline leaves | gradually reduced (sessile; bractlike, entire). |
Peduncles | bracteate, irregularly tomentose. |
Ray florets | 8–13; corolla laminae 8–10 mm. |
Disc florets | 60–75+; corolla tubes 2.5–4 mm, limbs 3.5–5 mm. |
Phyllaries | (8–)13 or 21, green, 7–10+ mm, densely tomentose proximally, glabrescent distally (tips hair-tufted). |
Calyculi | inconspicuous. |
Heads | 3–6 in cymiform arrays. |
Cypselae | 2–2.5 mm, glabrous; pappi 5–7 mm. |
2n | = 46. |
Packera ionophylla |
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Phenology | Flowering early Jun–late Aug. |
Habitat | Dry, rocky slopes, crevices, granitic outcrops, coniferous woodlands |
Elevation | 1400–3000 m (4600–9800 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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Discussion | Of conservation concern. Packera ionophylla is known only from the San Bernardino, San Gabriel, and Tehachapi mountains and a population on Alamo Mountain in eastern Ventura County. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 590. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Packera |
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Synonyms | Senecio ionophyllus, Senecio ionophyllus var. intrepidus |
Name authority | (Greene) W. A. Weber & Á. Löve: Phytologia 49: 47. (1981) |
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