Packera paupercula (Michaux) Á. Löve & D. Löve (Q2903)

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Packera paupercula is a taxon with the rank species within the genus Packera
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Packera paupercula (Michaux) Á. Löve & D. Löve
Packera paupercula is a taxon with the rank species within the genus Packera

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    taxon/id/Packera paupercula (Michaux) Á. Löve & D. Löve
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    Packera paupercula (Michaux) Á. Löve & D. Löve
    Packera paupercula
    (Michaux) Á. Löve & D. Löve
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2006. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 20: Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, part 7: Asteraceae, part 2. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    (Michaux) Á. Löve & D. Löve
    balsam groundsel (English)
    séneçon appauvri (French)
    Balsam groundsel (English)
    Flowering May–late Jun (south), late Jun–early Aug (north).
    wet meadows
    open woodlands
    streams
    rocky outcrops
    Stems 1 or 2–4, loosely clustered, glabrous or sparsely tomentose proximally.
    Basal leaves petiolate;
    blades lanceolate to narrowly elliptic or oblanceolate, 30–60+ × 10–20+ mm, bases tapering, sometimes obtuse, margins subentire to dentate or serrate.
    Cauline leaves gradually reduced (proximals petiolate, sublyrate; mids sessile, not clasping, lanceolate, dissected, incised, or lacerate; distals sessile, bractlike).
    Heads 2–10+ in loose or compact, corymbiform arrays.
    Peduncles usually bracteate, sometimes ebracteate, glabrous.
    Calyculi inconspicuous.
    Ray-florets 0, 8, or 13;
    corolla laminae (pale-yellow) 5–10+ mm.
    Disc-florets 50–65+;
    corolla-tubes 2–3 mm, limbs 2–3 mm.
    Cypselae 1–2 mm, usually glabrous, sometimes hispidulous on ribs;
    pappi 3.5–4.5 mm. 2n = 44, 46, 92.