Packera streptanthifolia is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name Rocky Mountain groundsel. It is native to western North America from Alaska to California to New Mexico, where it can be found in mountain habitat including woodlands and rocky slopes.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Rocky Mountain groundsel being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Packera thurberi
- Packera neomexicana
- Senecio integerrimus — considered toxic
- Packera paupercula
- Packera pseudaurea
- Packera multilobata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Packera
- Species
- Packera streptanthifolia
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