Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Packera thurberi (A.Gray) B.L.Turner trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Phytologia 90: 48 (2008) |
Native Range | nw. & c. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | steppes |
Altitude | 1000-2000m |
Description | basal leaves thick, petiolate, lanceolate, 2-4cm, entire, at apex dentate, stem leaves reduced, capitula 4-15 in corymb, involucre green, ligules 8-10, 5-8mm long |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
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Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Packera tridenticulata (Rydb.) W.A.Weber & Á.Löve Senecio acutidens Rydb. Senecio aureus var. compactus A.Gray Senecio compactus (A.Gray) Rydb. ex Porter & Britton Senecio densus Greene Senecio manitobensis Greenm. Senecio oblanceolatus Rydb. Senecio thurberi A.Gray Senecio tridenticulatus Rydb. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (KAN Kansas, NDA North Dakota, NEB Nebraska, OKL Oklahoma, SDA South Dakota) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) |