| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Packera porteri (Greene) C.Jeffrey trib. Senecioneae |
| Bibliography | Kew Bull. 47: 101 (1992) |
| Native Range | nw. USA |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 2800-3900m |
| Description | trailing rootstock, plant glabrous, caulescent, leaves petiolate, thick, reniform, crenate-lobate, to 25mm wide, capitula solitary, rather large, involucre purple |
| Size | 3-10cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | late summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained 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 | Ligularia porteri (Greene) W.A.Weber Packera werneriifolia var. alpina (A.Gray) Dorn Senecio aureus var. alpinus A.Gray Senecio porteri Greene Senecio renifolius Porter Senecio werneriifolius var. alpinus (A.Gray) Dorn |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) |