[Butterweeds and Groundsels: The Genus Packera West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Long-rayed Groundsel, Macoun's Groundsel, Puget Butterweed, Siskiyou Mountain Ragwort, Siskiyou Mountains Ragwort

Packera macounii

Synonyms: Senecio fastigatus, Senecio macounii

Long-rayed Groundsel, Macoun's Groundsel, Puget Butterweed, Siskiyou Mountain Ragwort, Siskiyou Mountains Ragwort: Packera macounii (Synonyms: Senecio fastigatus, Senecio macounii) - Long-rayed Groundsel, Macoun's Groundsel, Puget Butterweed, Siskiyou Mountain Ragwort, Siskiyou Mountains Ragwort: Packera macounii (Synonyms: Senecio fastigatus, Senecio macounii)

Long-rayed groundsel in bloom along the Pacific Crest Trail #2000 on the south side of Cook and Green Butte, Klamath National Forest......July 14, 2020.

Long-rayed Groundsel, Macoun's Groundsel, Puget Butterweed, Siskiyou Mountain Ragwort, Siskiyou Mountains Ragwort: Packera macounii (Synonyms: Senecio fastigatus, Senecio macounii)

Long-rayed groundsel as seen on Whetstone Ridge, Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest.........July 15, 2012.

Involucral bracts of Long-rayed Groundsel, Macoun's Groundsel, Puget Butterweed, Siskiyou Mountain Ragwort, Siskiyou Mountains Ragwort: Packera macounii (Synonyms: Senecio fastigatus, Senecio macounii) - Basal leaves of Long-rayed Groundsel, Macoun's Groundsel, Puget Butterweed, Siskiyou Mountain Ragwort, Siskiyou Mountains Ragwort: Packera macounii (Synonyms: Senecio fastigatus, Senecio macounii) - Inflorescence of Long-rayed Groundsel, Macoun's Groundsel, Puget Butterweed, Siskiyou Mountain Ragwort, Siskiyou Mountains Ragwort: Packera macounii (Synonyms: Senecio fastigatus, Senecio macounii)

Close-up images of the inflorescence and basal leaves of long-rayed groundsel as seen along the trail from Onion Camp to Whetstone Butte, Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest...........July 15, 2012.

Long-rayed Groundsel, Macoun's Groundsel, Puget Butterweed, Siskiyou Mountain Ragwort, Siskiyou Mountains Ragwort: Packera macounii (Synonyms: Senecio fastigatus, Senecio macounii) - Long-rayed Groundsel, Macoun's Groundsel, Puget Butterweed, Siskiyou Mountain Ragwort, Siskiyou Mountains Ragwort: Packera macounii (Synonyms: Senecio fastigatus, Senecio macounii)

Long-rayed groundsel as seen along the shoreline of Rough and Ready Creek at the Rough and Ready Botanical Wayside in southwestern Oregon..........April 29, 2012 (left) and April 22, 2021 (right).

Long-rayed Groundsel, Macoun's Groundsel, Puget Butterweed, Siskiyou Mountain Ragwort, Siskiyou Mountains Ragwort: Packera macounii (Synonyms: Senecio fastigatus, Senecio macounii)

Long-rayed groundsel as seen with flower buds at Rough and Ready Botanical Wayside in southwestern Oregon...........April 5, 2022.

Leaves of Long-rayed Groundsel, Macoun's Groundsel, Puget Butterweed, Siskiyou Mountain Ragwort, Siskiyou Mountains Ragwort: Packera macounii (Synonyms: Senecio fastigatus, Senecio macounii) - Leaves of Long-rayed Groundsel, Macoun's Groundsel, Puget Butterweed, Siskiyou Mountain Ragwort, Siskiyou Mountains Ragwort: Packera macounii (Synonyms: Senecio fastigatus, Senecio macounii)

Another close-up of the long basal leaves of long-rayed groundsel as seen at Rough and Ready Botanical Wayside in southwestern Oregon...........April 5, 2009.

Paul Slichter