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Woolly groundsel

Packera cana

Also called Silvery Groundsel

Woolly groundsel
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Native range
W. & C. Canada to W. & C. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

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Packera cana (syn. Senecio canus) is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name woolly groundsel. It is native to western and central North America. It is often found growing in sagebrush scrub habitats, open forests, meadows, and rocky areas.

Other Packera plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Packera cana 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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