Packera pauciflora Calflora

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Taxon Report

Packera pauciflora (Pursh) Á. Löve & D. Löve

Alpine groundsel

2016 David popp

2015 Kirsten Bovee

1999 Larry Blakely

2015 Kirsten Bovee

Packera pauciflora is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.

also called Senecio pauciflorus


	Plant Range Observation Search ~133 records in California Plant Characteristics

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

Wetlands: Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands

Communities: Subalpine Forest, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS + POWO

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Senecio discoideus
JEF + PLANTS	Senecio pauciflorus

Information about Packera pauciflora from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (PAPA19) 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 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: 05/14/2025).