Packera macounii
From Puget Prairie Plants
- Latin Name: Packera macounii
- Family: Asteraceae
- Common name: Puget butterweed, long rayed groundsel, Macoun's groundsel, Siskiyou Mountain ragwort
- Synonyms/Misapplications: Senecio macounii, Senecio ligulifolius
- Codon: PACMAC
Contents
Taxonomy
| Packera macounii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Subkingdom: | Tracheobionta |
| Phylum: | Spermatophyta |
| Subphylum: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Subclass: | Asteranae |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Packera Á. Löve & D. Löve |
| Species: | Packera macounii (Greene) W.A. Weber & Á. Löve |
Description
Perennial herb, rising from fibrous roots or horizontal rhizomes, variable hairiness from nearly glabrous to wooly-hairy.
Basal leaves thick, lanceolate stalked, 4-27 cm long including the stalk, sparcely white-woolly when young becoming hairless by flowering time, variable margins- from entire to coarsely toothed. Cauline leaves similar, from lanceolate to linear, reduced upwards, becoming sessile up the stalk. Tomentum more dense on lower leaf surfaces.
Infolorescense
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Distribution
Habitat
Uses
Propagation
Photo Gallery
P. macounii seeds, photos by Lisa Hintz
References
External Links
Siskiyou Mountain ragwort USDA Plants Database page
