Packera ganderi Calflora

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Taxon Report

Packera ganderi (T. M. Barkley & R. M. Beauch.) W. A. Weber & Á. Löve

Gander's ragwort

2017 Keir Morse

2024 Ryan O'Dell

2010 Anna Bennett

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

also called Senecio ganderi

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

State of California status: Rare.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~99 records in California 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

Communities: Chaparral

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + CNPS + PLANTS + POWO

Alternate Names:


JEF + CNPS + PLANTS	Senecio ganderi

Information about Packera ganderi from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (PAGA5) 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 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	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]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 05/15/2025).