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Packera millefolia (T. & G.) W. A. Weber & Á. Löve

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Packera millefolia is known only from granitic soils in the southern Appalachians. It is similar in overall aspect to the widespread P. anonyma; it differs by its 2–3 times pinnately dissected leaves.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of North America Vol. 20: 575, 585, 586, 591, 592 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Description

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Perennials, 25–60+ cm; fibrous-rooted (caudices branched). Stems 1 or 2–3, clustered, glabrous or leaf axils sparsely hairy. Basal leaves (and proximal cauline) petiolate; blades narrowly ovate to ovate (2–3 times pinnately dissected, ultimate lobes mostly linear to filiform), 50–80 × 30–50 mm, bases ± truncate or auriculate, ultimate margins entire or remotely dentate. Cauline leaves gradually reduced (petiolate or sessile, similar to basals). Heads 10–30+ in open, corymbiform arrays. Peduncles bracteate or ebracteate, glabrous. Calyculi 0. Phyllaries (13–)21, green, 4–6 mm, glabrous (tips sometimes hair-tufted). Ray florets 8–10(–13); corolla laminae 8–12 mm. Disc florets 35–50+; corolla tubes 2–3 mm, limbs 1.5–2.5 mm. Cypselae 0.75–1.5 mm, hairy on ribs; pappi 3–4 mm.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of North America Vol. 20: 575, 585, 586, 591, 592 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Synonym

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Senecio millefolium Torrey & A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 2: 444. 1843; S. memmingeri Britton ex Small
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of North America Vol. 20: 575, 585, 586, 591, 592 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of North America @ eFloras.org
editor
Flora of North America Editorial Committee
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eFloras.org
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eFloras