Packera ionophylla
Packera neomexicana
Tehachapi ragwort
New Mexico groundsel
usually 1, rarely 2–3, clustered, irregularly arachnoid-tomentose to lanate-tomentose or glabrescent.
1 or 2–5+, clustered, lanate- or arachno-tomentose or glabrescent.
(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).
(often abaxially cyanic) petiolate (petioles hairy to glabrate);
blades ovate to lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, 20–60+ × 10–30+ mm, bases abruptly contracted to tapering, margins subentire or denticulate to subserrate (abaxial faces usually tomentose, adaxials frequently glabrate).
gradually reduced (sessile; bractlike, entire).
gradually or abruptly reduced (proximal petiolate, similar to basals; mids and distals sessile, lanceolate, entire).
bracteate, irregularly tomentose.
conspicuously bracteate, usually hairy.
8–13;
corolla laminae 8–10 mm.
(5–)8 or 13;
corolla laminae 4–10 mm.
60–75+;
corolla tubes 2.5–4 mm, limbs 3.5–5 mm.
40–60+;
corolla tubes 1.5–2.5 mm, limbs 3.5–4.5 mm.
(8–)13 or 21, green, 7–10+ mm, densely tomentose proximally, glabrescent distally (tips hair-tufted).
13 or 21, green or yellowish, 4–7+ mm, tomentose to glabrescent.
inconspicuous.
conspicuous.
3–6 in cymiform arrays.
3–20+ in open or compact, corymbiform to subumbelliform arrays (subtended by smaller arrays arising from leaf axils).
2–2.5 mm, glabrous;
pappi 5–7 mm.
1.5–2.5 mm, usually hirtellous on ribs, sometimes glabrous;
pappi 5–6+ mm.
= 46.
= 44, 46, 92.
Packera ionophylla
Packera neomexicana
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.)
Varieties 3 (3 in the flora).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
1. Plants loosely tomentose or glabrate; basal leaves: blades narrowly lanceolate, margins subentire or irregularly dentate | var. mutabilis |
1. Plants usually densely lanate or woolly tomentose, seldom glabrate; basal leaves: blades ovate or broadly lanceolate, margins dentate to deeply dentate or dissected | → 2 |
2. Plants taprooted; cauline leaves conspicuous | var. neomexicana |
2. Plants rhizomatous or fibrous-rooted; cauline leaves inconspicuous (bractlike) | var. toumeyi |
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