Packera tomentosa
Packera neomexicana
woolly ragwort
New Mexico groundsel
1, densely lanate-tomentose proximally, floccose-tomentose to glabrescent distally.
1 or 2–5+, clustered, lanate- or arachno-tomentose or glabrescent.
(and proximal cauline) petiolate;
blades lanceolate to narrowly ovate or elliptic, 40–120+ × 20–50+ mm, bases tapering, sometimes oblique, margins subentire, crenate, or serrate-dentate.
(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 (± petiolate or sessile, weakly clasping; dentate to pinnately lobed).
gradually or abruptly reduced (proximal petiolate, similar to basals; mids and distals sessile, lanceolate, entire).
bracteate, sparsely to densely tomentose.
conspicuously bracteate, usually hairy.
10 or 13;
corolla laminae 6–8+ mm.
(5–)8 or 13;
corolla laminae 4–10 mm.
50–60+;
corolla tubes 3.5–4 mm, limbs 3–3.5 mm.
40–60+;
corolla tubes 1.5–2.5 mm, limbs 3.5–4.5 mm.
13 or 21, light green, 5–8 mm, usually glabrous (sometimes hairy proximally).
13 or 21, green or yellowish, 4–7+ mm, tomentose to glabrescent.
inconspicuous.
conspicuous.
10–30+ in open, corymbiform arrays (more in robust individuals).
3–20+ in open or compact, corymbiform to subumbelliform arrays (subtended by smaller arrays arising from leaf axils).
1–1.5 mm, hispid;
pappi 5–7 mm.
1.5–2.5 mm, usually hirtellous on ribs, sometimes glabrous;
pappi 5–6+ mm.
= 46.
= 44, 46, 92.
Packera tomentosa
Packera neomexicana
Packera tomentosa is common throughout most of its range. The basal and proximal cauline leaves are held at about 45 degrees to the stems.
(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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