Packera flettii (Wiegand) W.A.Weber & Á.Löve

Flett's ragwort (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Packera

Characteristics

Perennials, 10–40+ cm; rhizomatous (rhizomes horizontal to erect). Stems 1 or 2–5 (often scapiform), loosely clustered, glabrous or leaf axils sparsely hairy. Basal leaves (and proximal cauline) petiolate; blades obovate to ovate or sublyrate, 30–60+ × 10–40+ mm, bases tapering, margins deeply dissected or pinnatifid, ultimate margins crenate to crenate-dentate. Cauline leaves abruptly reduced or 0 (sessile; ovate to obovate, dissected or pinnatifid). Heads 4–10+ in subumbelliform cymiform arrays. Peduncles inconspicuously bracteate or ebracteate, glabrous. Calyculi 0 or inconspicuous. Phyllaries (8–)13, light green (tips yellowish), 4–7 mm, glabrous. Ray florets 5 or 8; corolla laminae 5–10 mm. Disc florets 20–30+; corolla tubes 2.5–3.5 mm, limbs 2.5–3.5 mm. Cypselae 1–1.5 mm, glabrous; pappi 4–4.5 mm. 2n = 40.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:179990-2
WFO ID wfo-0000031260
COL ID 4BW95
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Synonyms

Senecio flettii Packera flettii