Packera pseudaurea var. pseudaurea Calflora

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Taxon Report

Packera pseudaurea (Rydb.) W. A. Weber & Á. Löve var. pseudaurea

Falsegold groundsel

2018 Susan McDougall

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

also called Senecio pseudaureus var. pseudaureus


	Plant Range Observation Search ~30 records in California Plant Characteristics

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

Wetlands: Occurs usually in wetlands, occasionally in non wetlands

Habitat: streambanks, meadows

Communities: wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Senecio pauciflorus var. jucundulus
JEF	Senecio pseudaureus var. pseudaureus
PLANTS	Senecio pseudaureus

Information about Packera pseudaurea var. pseudaurea from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (PAPSP2) 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
Packera (updated 2018): after botanist John G. Packer (1929- ), specialist on the flora of Alberta and on Arctic and alpine flora, instructor in the Department of Botany at the University of Alberta 1958-1988, co-author with Cheryl Bradley of Checklist of the rare vascular plants in Alberta (1984). (contributed by Cynthia Powell) photos / record / common / links null:!null:!

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 04/27/2024).