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woolly groundsel

Packera cana

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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alberta.January 45, February 42, March 67, April 141, May 374, June 637, July 239, August 147, September 106, October 75, November 46, December 42.
United States3,900
Canada2,525
Alberta1,789
British Columbia846
Oregon710
California571
Nevada445
Idaho378
Wyoming358
Colorado351

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Subshrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a subshrub growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderSunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales
FamilySunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae
GenusAmerican groundsels and ragworts · Packera

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Sources

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Practise woolly groundsel with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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