Packera millelobata [Asteraceae]

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Scientific Name Packera millelobata (Senecio millelobatus) USDA PLANTS Symbol PAMI26
Common Name Uinta Ragwort ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. 565367
Family Asteraceae (Sunflower) SEINet
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Description Habitat: Damp calcareous or igneous soils in streambeds and openings; 4600 to 6900 feet in the Chisos and Davis mountains of Texas.
Plant: Weakly erect perennial, 12 to 20 inches tall, single or multiple stems.
Leaves: Basal and lower stem leaves petiolate, 2-3/8 to 4 inches long; upper stem leaves sessile and gradually smaller; blades narrowly lanceolate in outline and deeply pinnatifid with 6+ pairs of lateral lobes with dentate margins.
Inflorescence: Clusters of 6 to 20+ composite flowers at the top of short stalks, with several bright yellow blossoms, 3/4-inch across, each with 8 to 13 rays, 40 to 55+ disk florets, and 13 to 21 green phyllaries with yellow tips.
Bloom Period: Late March to early June.
References: Flora of North America
BONAP Distribution Map

Texas Status:
Native

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