Species Information

Kingdom: Plantae
  Phylum: Anthophyta
    Class: Dicotyledoneae
      Order: Asterales
        Family: Asteraceae
          Genus: Packera
            Species: spellenbergii

Spellenberg Groundsel - Packera spellenbergii

Spellenberg Groundsel

Image courtesy of New Mexico Rare Plants

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

Diminutive, tufted perennial, 3-5 cm tall, forming clumps up to 2 dm across, covered with white, felty or woolly tomentum; basal leaves linear, 1-2 cm long, 1-2 mm wide, margins rolled inwards; stem leaves reduced to small scales; flower stems taller than basal leaves and terminated by one or two heads; flower heads about 8 mm long, involucral bracts in one series, becoming purplish at maturity; disk flowers yellow, ray flowers absent; achenes short-hairy along the longitudinal angles, pappus of white capillary bristles. Flowers April and early May.

Status

Global Rank: G3

State Rank: S2

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BLM Status: BLM WATCH

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NMRP Strategy Status: Strategy Species

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 5

Number of Mapped Locations: 24

Number of Observations: 28

Observation date range: 07-02-1981 to 04-29-1998

External Links

View More Information about this species at:
  NatureServe Explorer
  New Mexico Rare Plants Website
  Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)

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