Packera bernardina (Greene) W.A.Weber & Á.Löve

San bernardino ragwort (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Packera

Characteristics

Perennials, 15–30+ cm; fibrous-rooted (caudices branched, erect to suberect). Stems 1 (per rosette, rosettes clustered), lanate-tomentose to glabrescent. Basal leaves (and proximal cauline) petiolate; blades obovate to broadly spatulate, 5–20+ × 10–15 mm, bases tapering, margins subentire or dentate apically (faces lanate-tomentose to glabrescent). Cauline leaves gradually reduced (sessile; spatulate to linear, densely tomentose). Heads 2–8+ in compact cymiform arrays. Peduncles bracteate, densely lanate-tomentose. Calyculi 0. Phyllaries 13 or 21, green, 6–8 mm, lanate-tomentose, glabrate distally. Ray florets 8 or 13; corolla laminae 8–10 mm. Disc florets 35–50+; corolla tubes 2–2.5 mm, limbs 2–2.5 mm. Cypselae 0.75–1 mm, glabrous or hispid on ribs; pappi 3–4 mm. 2n = 46.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Distribution

Packera bernardina world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:179971-2
WFO ID wfo-0000017070
COL ID 4BW8G
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Synonyms

Senecio bernardinus Packera bernardina Senecio sparsilobatus Senecio ionophyllus var. bernardinus Senecio ionophyllus var. sparsilobatus Senecio bernardinus var. bernardinus Senecio bernardinus var. sparsilobatus