PLANTS Profile for Packera pauciflora (alpine groundsel)

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Packera pauciflora (Pursh) Á. Löve & D. Löve
alpine groundsel

Symbol:

PAPA19

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Packera pauciflora (Pursh) Á. Löve & D. Löve

Senecio discoideus

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 544. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Packera pauciflora (Pursh) Á. Löve & D. Löve

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Synonyms:
Packera pauciflora (Pursh) Á. Löve & D. Löve

	SEDI9	Senecio discoideus (Hook.) Britton
	SEPA4	Senecio pauciflorus Pursh

Distribution:
Packera pauciflora (Pursh) Á. Löve & D. Löve


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USA (AK, CA, CO, ID, MI, MN, MT, NV, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, NF, NT, ON, QC, YT)

Related Taxa:
Packera pauciflora (Pursh) Á. Löve & D. Löve

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 55 species in Packera

Classification:
Packera pauciflora (Pursh) Á. Löve & D. Löve

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Packera Á. Löve & D. Löve – ragwort
Species	Packera pauciflora (Pursh) Á. Löve & D. Löve – alpine groundsel

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Packera pauciflora (Pursh) Á. Löve & D. Löve

Senecio pauciflorus:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FACW

FACU*

FAC

FACW

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Packera pauciflora (Pursh) Á. Löve & D. Löve

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 518154.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 03:30 PM CDT