Packera ionophylla |
Packera macounii |
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Tehachapi ragwort |
long-ray groundsel, Macoun's butterweed, Macoun's groundsel, Puget butterweed, Siskiyou Mountain ragwort, Siskiyou Mountains ragwort |
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Habit | Perennials, 15–30+ cm; taprooted (caudices erect) or rhizomatous (rhizomes branched). | Perennials, 30–40+ cm; taprooted (caudices ± branched, becoming rhizomiform). |
Stems | usually 1, rarely 2–3, clustered, irregularly arachnoid-tomentose to lanate-tomentose or glabrescent. |
1, sparsely to densely 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). |
(and proximal) petiolate; blades lanceolate to oblanceolate, 30–50+ × 10–20 mm, bases tapering, margins entire or shallowly toothed (slightly revolute). |
Cauline leaves | gradually reduced (sessile; bractlike, entire). |
gradually reduced (distal sessile, bractlike). |
Peduncles | bracteate, irregularly tomentose. |
inconspicuously bracteate or ebracteate, sparsely tomentose to glabrate. |
Ray florets | 8–13; corolla laminae 8–10 mm. |
8(–13); corolla laminae 8–10+ mm. |
Disc florets | 60–75+; corolla tubes 2.5–4 mm, limbs 3.5–5 mm. |
30–40+; corolla tubes 2.5–3.5 mm, limbs 2–3 mm. |
Phyllaries | (8–)13 or 21, green, 7–10+ mm, densely tomentose proximally, glabrescent distally (tips hair-tufted). |
13 or 21, green, 5–7+ mm, glabrous. |
Calyculi | inconspicuous. |
0 or inconspicuous. |
Heads | 3–6 in cymiform arrays. |
6–15+ in corymbiform arrays. |
Cypselae | 2–2.5 mm, glabrous; pappi 5–7 mm. |
1.5–2 mm, glabrous; pappi 4–5 mm. |
2n | = 46. |
= 46, 92. |
Packera ionophylla |
Packera macounii |
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Phenology | Flowering early Jun–late Aug. | Flowering early May–early Jul. |
Habitat | Dry, rocky slopes, crevices, granitic outcrops, coniferous woodlands | Along streams, roadsides, clearings, disturbed sites, rocky soils, coniferous woodlands |
Elevation | 1400–3000 m (4600–9800 ft) | 400–1400 m (1300–4600 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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CA; OR; WA; BC
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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.) |
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. 590. | FNA vol. 20, p. 591. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Packera | Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Packera |
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Synonyms | Senecio ionophyllus, Senecio ionophyllus var. intrepidus | 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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