Packera neomexicana
Packera crocata
New Mexico groundsel
saffron ragwort
1 or 2–5+, clustered, lanate- or arachno-tomentose or glabrescent.
usually 1, rarely 2–3, clustered, glabrous.
(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).
(and proximal cauline) petiolate (petioles narrow);
blades narrowly lanceolate or ovate to oblong-ovate, 20–60+ × 10–40+ mm, bases abruptly contracted to tapering, margins subentire to crenate-dentate.
gradually or abruptly reduced (proximal petiolate, similar to basals; mids and distals sessile, lanceolate, entire).
gradually reduced (sessile, weakly clasping; lanceolate to oblong or sublyrate, often pinnately lobed).
conspicuously bracteate, usually hairy.
ebracteate or bracteate (bractlets inconspicuous), glabrous.
(5–)8 or 13;
corolla laminae 4–10 mm.
8 or 13;
corolla laminae (deep yellow to orange-red) 6–8+ mm.
40–60+;
corolla tubes 1.5–2.5 mm, limbs 3.5–4.5 mm.
60–80+;
corolla tubes 4.5–5.5 mm, limbs 2.5–3.5 mm.
13 or 21, green or yellowish, 4–7+ mm, tomentose to glabrescent.
13 or 21, light green (or tips cyanic), 4–8 mm, glabrous.
conspicuous.
0 or inconspicuous.
3–20+ in open or compact, corymbiform to subumbelliform arrays (subtended by smaller arrays arising from leaf axils).
7–15+ in open, corymbiform arrays.
1.5–2.5 mm, usually hirtellous on ribs, sometimes glabrous;
pappi 5–6+ mm.
1–1.5 mm, glabrous;
pappi 3–5 mm.
= 44, 46, 92.
= 46.
Packera neomexicana
Packera crocata
Varieties 3 (3 in the flora).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Packera crocata is characterized by deep yellow to reddish orange corollas. Some collectors have noted that there may be evidence for hybridization between P. crocata and P. dimorphophylla; the relationship between the two species needs further study.
(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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