Packera cana (Hook.) W.A.Weber & Á.Löve is a plant in the Asteraceae family, order Asterales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Packera cana (Hook.) W.A.Weber & Á.Löve

Packera cana (Hook.) W.A.Weber & Á.Löve

Packera cana, or woolly groundsel, is an aster-family flowering plant native to western and central North America.

Family
Genus
Packera
Order
Asterales
Class
Magnoliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Packera cana (Hook.) W.A.Weber & Á.Löve

Packera cana (Hook.) W.A.Weber & Á.Löve, also known by the scientific synonym Senecio canus, is a species of flowering plant in the aster family. It goes by the common name woolly groundsel. This species is native to western and central North America. It commonly grows in sagebrush scrub habitats, open forests, meadows, and rocky areas.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Asterales Asteraceae Packera

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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