Packera crocatus, August 4, 2023
August 4
Common & scientific name
Two-leaved groundsel or ragwort, Packera crocatus (dimorphophylla)
Family
Sunflower, Asteraceae
Location
Ruby area, 12,300’
Fun, weird, helpful, or little known fact
A number of yellow sunflowers previously included within the Senecio genus were moved three decades ago into the Packera genus. P. crocatus (called by some botanists dimorphophylla) has triangular-shaped, clasping/auricled stem leaves and can be orange in coloring, like those shown here (indeed, P. crocatus and P. dimorphophylla used to be classified as different species, largely owing to their coloring, P. crocatus being the orange one).
Upper Lost Man, 12,000’, August 26, 2023