Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Packera pauciflora (Pursh) Á.Löve & D.Löve trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Bot. Not. 128: 520 (1976) |
Native Range | Subarctic America to w. USA |
Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 0-3300m |
Description | basal leaves orbiculate to elliptic ovate, crenate to subentire, 15-40mm, stem leaves smaller and sessile, dentate to pinnate, capitula 8mm across in small cluster |
Size | 20-40cm |
Color | orange, orange red |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Senecio aureus var. croceus A.Gray Senecio aureus var. discoideus Hook. Senecio aureus var. pauciflorus (Pursh) Britton Senecio discoideus (Hook.) Britton Senecio lembertii Greene Senecio pauciflorus Pursh Senecio pauciflorus var. atropurpureus B.Boivin Senecio pauciflorus var. croceus (A.Gray) Jeps. Senecio pauciflorus var. genuinus B.Boivin Senecio pauciflorus f. ornatus B.Boivin |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NFL Newfoundland, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |