| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Packera cana (Hook.) W.A.Weber & Á.Löve trib. Senecioneae |
| Bibliography | Phytologia 49: 46 (1981) |
| Native Range | w. & c. Canada to w. & c. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 200-3700m |
| Description | taproot, white tomentose, basal leaves crowded, narrowly oblanceolate to subovate, petiolate, stem leaves few, reduced, capitula several, rays 6-13mm long |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Packera cana f. eradiata (D.C.Eaton) W.A.Weber & Á.Löve Senecio canus Hook. Senecio canus var. acraeus Greenm. Senecio canus var. celsus S.S.Sharp Senecio canus var. eradiatus D.C.Eaton Senecio canus var. purshianus (Nutt.) A.Nelson Senecio canus var. pygmaeus A.Gray Senecio collinus A.Nelson Senecio convallium Greenm. Senecio hallii Britton Senecio hallii var. discoidea W.A.Weber Senecio harbourii Rydb. Senecio howellii Greene Senecio howellii var. eradiatus Greenm. Senecio howellii var. lithophilus Greenm Senecio integrifolius Nutt. Senecio laramiensis A.Nelson Senecio oreopolus Greenm. Senecio oreopolus var. aphanactis Greenm. Senecio purshianus Nutt. Senecio purshianus var. eradiatus S.F.Blake Senecio purshianus var. viridescens Lunell |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (KAN Kansas, MIN Minnesota, NDA North Dakota, NEB Nebraska, SDA South Dakota) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |
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