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Packera werneriifolia
Packera werneriifolia, known by the common names alpine rock butterweed and hoary groundsel, is a species of flowering plant in the aster family. It is native to the western United States in the Sierra Nevada mountain habitat in subalpine and alpine climates, including forests and barren talus.
It is a low growing perennial plant that can be found growing in the severe conditions of the high northern and central Sierra Nevada range, from 10,000 to 13,000 feet (3,000 to 4,000 m) in elevation.
Packera actinella · Small's ragwort · Shale barren ragwort · Golden ragwort · San Bernardino ragwort · Bolander's ragwort · Brewer's ragwort · Woolly groundsel · Bittercress ragwort · Beaver Mountain ragwort · Cleveland's ragwort · Widehead groundsel
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Packera werneriifolia 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.
