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Bolander's ragwort

Packera bolanderi

Also called Bolander's Groundsel

Bolander's ragwort
Photo: DeanWmTaylor, CC BY 2.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Oregon to California

About

Packera bolanderi is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names Bolander's ragwort and seacoast ragwort. It is native to the west coast of the United States from Washington to northern California, where it grows in wet coastal forests and woodlands. There are two varieties of the species which differ slightly in morphology and habitat occupied; these varieties have been considered separate species by some authors. The var. bolanderi has thicker leaves, occurs farther south (into California), and occupies more open types of habitat, than does var. harfordii. This plant in general is a perennial herb producing one to three stems up to half a meter tall. The basal leaves have blades up to 12 centimeters in length which are divided into several lobes and borne on long, thin petioles.

Other Packera plants

Packera actinella · Small's ragwort · Shale barren ragwort · Golden ragwort · San Bernardino ragwort · Brewer's ragwort · Woolly groundsel · Bittercress ragwort · Beaver Mountain ragwort · Cleveland's ragwort · Widehead groundsel · Fendler's ragwort

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Packera bolanderi by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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