Rock Garden Plants
Packera franciscana (Greene) W.A.Weber & Á.Löve trib. Senecioneae 
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FamilyASTERACEAE
Genus speciesPackera franciscana (Greene) W.A.Weber & Á.Löve trib. Senecioneae
BibliographyPhytologia 49: 46 (1981)
Native RangeArizona
Primary BiomeSubalpine
Habitatrocks and scree
Altitude3200-3800m
Descriptionbasal leaves petiolate, lyrate or ovate to orbiculate, 1-2cm, dentate, glabrous, stem leaves smaller, sessile, capitula 1-6 in compact cyme, involucre purple
Size3-7cm
Coloryellow
Bloomlate summer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationrock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C
division in early spring or fall; cuttings after flowering
SynonymsSenecio franciscanus Greene
Territory7 Northern America
     76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona)
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