Packera
butterweed, groundsel
Specimens
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Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Description:
[none provided]
Accepted Name:
Packera
Publication: Bot. Not. 128: 520. 1976.
Publication: Bot. Not. 128: 520. 1976.
Synonyms & Misapplications:
(none provided)
Species in Packera:
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Packera bolanderi – Bolander's groundsel
Occurring west of the Cascades crest in southwestern Washington and in the Columbia River Gorge; southern Washington to California. -
var. harfordii – Harford's groundsel, Harford's ragwort Occurring west of the Cascades crest in southwestern Washington and in the Columbia River Gorge; southern Washington to California.
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Packera cana – woolly groundsel Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the northern Great Plains.
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Packera contermina – dwarf arctic butterweed Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Washington, east to Alberta and Montana.
- Packera cymbalaria – northern butterweed, dwarf arctic groundsel, dwarf arctic ragwort
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Packera flettii – Flett's groundsel Occurring in the Olympics and Cascades mountains in Washington; Washington to Oregon.
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Packera indecora – rayless mountain butterweed, elegant groundsel Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in northern Washington; Alaska to Washington, and also in California, east to Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and in the Great Lakes Region, also east across Canada to the Atlantic Coast.
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Packera macounii – Puget butterweed, long-rayed groundsel, Macoun's groundsel, Siskiyou Mountain ragwort Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California.
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Packera pauciflora – rayless alpine butterweed, rayless alpine groundsel Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to northern Washington, disjunct in California and northwest Wyoming, east to Northwest Territory and Alberta, also in eastern Canada.
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Packera paupercula – Canadian butterweed, balsam groundsel Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington British Columbia to Washington, east to the Rocky Mountains, northern Great Plains, and eastern North America.
- Packera porteri – Porter's groundsel Reported east of the Cascades crest in Okanogan County in Washington; Washington and Oregon, also occurring in Colorado.
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Packera pseudaurea – streambank butterweed Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, the Rocky Mountains, northern Great Plains, and central U.S.
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var. pseudaurea – stream bank butterweed, falsegold groundsel Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains and northern Great Plains.
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Packera streptanthifolia – Rocky Mountain butterweed, cleftleaf groundsel, Rocky Mountain groundsel Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Yukon Territory to California, east to the Rocky Mountains and Sasketchewan.
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Packera subnuda – alpine meadow butterweed, few-leaved groundsel Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Alberta, Montana, and Wyoming.
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var. subnuda – cleftleaf groundsel Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Alberta, Montana, and Wyoming.
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Packera in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database
WA Flora Checklist: Packera checklist entry
OregonFlora: Packera information
E-Flora BC: Packera atlas page
CalPhotos: Packera photos
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