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burnet ragwort

long-ray groundsel, Macoun's butterweed, Macoun's groundsel, Puget butterweed, Siskiyou Mountain ragwort, Siskiyou Mountains ragwort

Habit Perennials or biennials, 30–50+ cm; ± fibrous-rooted (bases creeping, ascending to erect). Perennials, 30–40+ cm; taprooted (caudices ± branched, becoming rhizomiform).
Stems

1 or 2–3, clustered, glabrous or leaf axils tomentose.

1, sparsely to densely tomentose or glabrescent.

Basal leaves

(and proximal cauline) petiolate;

blades broadly oblanceolate (pinnately lobed, lateral lobes 2–3+ pairs, their bases petioluliform, terminal lobes larger than laterals, ovate to reniform, midribs not winged), 60–120+ × 20–60 mm, bases contracted, ultimate margins crenate to crenate-dentate.

(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 (petiolate or sessile; lyrate to sublyrate, midribs winged, terminal lobes weakly distinct, shallowly dentate).

gradually reduced (distal sessile, bractlike).

Peduncles

inconspicuously bracteate, glabrous or tomentose proximally.

inconspicuously bracteate or ebracteate, sparsely tomentose to glabrate.

Ray florets

8;

corolla laminae 6–12 mm.

8(–13);

corolla laminae 8–10+ mm.

Disc florets

35–50+;

corolla tubes 2.5–3.5 mm, limbs 2–3 mm.

30–40+;

corolla tubes 2.5–3.5 mm, limbs 2–3 mm.

Phyllaries

13, bright green (tips light green to yellow), 4–7 mm, glabrous.

13 or 21, green, 5–7+ mm, glabrous.

Calyculi

inconspicuous.

0 or inconspicuous.

Heads

3–8+ in subumbelliform or compound, cymiform arrays (of 2–4+ cymiform clusters of 2–5+ heads each).

6–15+ in corymbiform arrays.

Cypselae

1.5–2 mm, glabrous;

pappi 4.5–5.5 mm.

1.5–2 mm, glabrous;

pappi 4–5 mm.

2n

= 46.

= 46, 92.

Packera sanguisorboides

Packera macounii

Phenology Flowering late Jul–mid Sep. Flowering early May–early Jul.
Habitat Damp, open meadows, spruce-aspen forests Along streams, roadsides, clearings, disturbed sites, rocky soils, coniferous woodlands
Elevation 2700–3700 m (8900–12100 ft) 400–1400 m (1300–4600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
NM
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CA; OR; WA; BC
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Discussion

Packera sanguisorboides is known from the San Juan and Sangre de Cristo mountains of northern New Mexico, the Magdalena Mountains of western New Mexico, and the Sacramento Mountains of southern Lincoln and Otero counties. It may have affinities with P. coahuilensis Greenman.

(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. 598. FNA vol. 20, p. 591.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Packera Asteraceae > tribe Senecioneae > Packera
Sibling taxa
P. anonyma, P. antennariifolia, P. aurea, P. bernardina, P. bolanderi, P. breweri, P. cana, P. cardamine, P. castoreus, P. clevelandii, P. contermina, P. crocata, P. cymbalaria, P. cynthioides, P. debilis, P. dimorphophylla, P. eurycephala, P. fendleri, P. flettii, P. franciscana, P. ganderi, P. glabella, P. greenei, P. hartiana, P. hesperia, P. hyperborealis, P. indecora, P. ionophylla, P. layneae, P. macounii, P. malmstenii, P. millefolium, P. millelobata, P. multilobata, P. musiniensis, P. neomexicana, P. obovata, P. ogotorukensis, P. pauciflora, P. paupercula, P. plattensis, P. porteri, P. pseudaurea, P. quercetorum, P. schweinitziana, P. spellenbergii, P. streptanthifolia, P. subnuda, P. tampicana, P. texensis, P. tomentosa, P. tridenticulata, P. werneriifolia
P. anonyma, P. antennariifolia, P. aurea, P. bernardina, P. bolanderi, P. breweri, P. cana, P. cardamine, P. castoreus, P. clevelandii, P. contermina, P. crocata, P. cymbalaria, P. cynthioides, P. debilis, P. dimorphophylla, P. eurycephala, P. fendleri, P. flettii, P. franciscana, P. ganderi, P. glabella, P. greenei, P. hartiana, P. hesperia, P. hyperborealis, P. indecora, P. ionophylla, P. layneae, P. malmstenii, P. millefolium, P. millelobata, P. multilobata, P. musiniensis, P. neomexicana, P. obovata, P. ogotorukensis, P. pauciflora, P. paupercula, P. plattensis, P. porteri, P. pseudaurea, P. quercetorum, P. sanguisorboides, P. schweinitziana, P. spellenbergii, P. streptanthifolia, P. subnuda, P. tampicana, P. texensis, P. tomentosa, P. tridenticulata, P. werneriifolia
Synonyms Senecio sanguisorboides Senecio macounii, Senecio fastigiatus, Senecio fastigiatus subsp. macounii, Senecio leucocrinus, Senecio ligulifolius, Senecio spatuliformis
Name authority (Rydberg) W. A. Weber & Á. Löve: Phytologia 49: 48. (1981) (Greene) W. A. Weber & Á. Löve: Phytologia 49: 47. (1981)
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