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Photographer: Paul Drobot
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Family Asteraceae
Packera plattensis (Nutt.) W.A.Weber & A.Löve
Platte groundsel, prairie groundsel, prairie ragwort
Packera: after John G. Packer, a Canadian biosystematist
plattensis: for Platte River area
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| Status: | Special Concern |
| Plant: | erect, biennial/perennial, 4"-24" tall forb with usually woolly stems |
| Flower: | head 1/2"-1" wide with 8-10 yellow rays, disk 1/4" - 1/2" wide; inflorescence clusters of several to many heads; blooms Aug.-June |
| Fruit: | dry seed, softly hairy on fluffy pappus |
| Leaf: | basal leaves tapering to the stalk, toothed or lobed, underside woolly, stem leaves getting smaller toward the top |
| Habitat: | sun; dry; prairies, cliffs |
| (Glossary) |
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