Packera eurycephala var. eurycephala

Common names: Widehead groundsel
Endemic
Synonyms: Senecio austinae Greene
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 586.
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Caudices taprooted, suberect to erect, woody. Stems (1–) 2–6+, usually canescent, rarely glabrescent. Leaf-blades: margins usually serrate-dentate, sometimes deeply dissected, midribs winged.


Phenology: Flowering mid May–mid Jun.
Habitat: Dry disturbed sites, roadsides, wooded areas, dry or drying streambeds
Elevation: 200–1700 m

Discussion

Variety eurycephala evidently reproduces extensively from creeping rootstocks. Some specimens from Butte, Plumas, and Yuba counties lack lobed leaves.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
papillate +
truncate-penicillate +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lance-linear +
cymiform +, compact +  and open +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Debra K. Trock +
(Torrey & A. Gray) W. A. Weber & Á. Löve +
tapering +
Senecio eurycephalus +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
spatulate;obovate;spatulate;obovate;ovate;lyrate +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
winged;nerved;ribbed +
inconspicuous +
suberect +  and erect +
Widehead groundsel +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
pale-yellow +  and deep orange-red +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
cylindric +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Calif. +  and Oreg. +
200–1700 m +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Dry disturbed sites, roadsides, wooded areas, dry or drying streambeds +
discoid +  and radiate +
in compact or congested to open corymbiform cymiform or subumbelliform , , , arrays +  and singly +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
campanulate;cylindric +
sessile +  and petiolate +
cauline +  and basal +
erect;recurved +
deltate +
dissected +
2-carpellate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
lanate-tomentose +
Flowering mid May–mid Jun. +
glabrescent +  and tomentose +
linear +  and ensiform +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
conic;usually flat;convex +
exalbuminous +
1 (?) +  and 2 (?) +
prostrate +  and ascending +
glabrescent +  and canescent +
2 +  and 6 +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +
Senecio austinae +
Packera eurycephala var. eurycephala +
Packera eurycephala +
variety +
campanulate +
serrate +  and denticulate +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
vine +, tree +, shrub +  and subshrub +
23 +, 22 +  and 20 +