Packera bernardina Calflora

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Taxon Report

Packera bernardina (Greene) W. A. Weber & Á. Löve

San bernardino ragwort

2016 Diane Etchison

2018 Ron Vanderhoff

Geoff Burleigh

2008 Thomas Stoughton

2006 Michael Charters

2008 Thomas Stoughton

Packera bernardina is a perennial herb that is native to California, and endemic (limited) to California.

also called Senecio bernardinus

California Rare Plant Rank: 1B.2 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA and elsewhere).


	Plant Range Observation Search (77 records) Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

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Genus:	Packera
Family:	Asteraceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands: Occurs usually in non wetlands, occasionally in wetlands

Habitat: meadows, pebble-plain

Communities: Red Fir Forest

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + CNPS + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


JEF + CNPS + PLANTS	Senecio bernardinus
PLANTS	Senecio ionophyllus var. sparsilobatus

Information about Packera bernardina from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (PABE7) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map CNPS Inventory: 1B.2 Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2023. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 12/01/2023).