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Balsam Groundsel (Packera paupercula)

  • Balsam Groundsel (Packera Paupercula) https://www.sagebud.com/balsam-groundsel-packera-paupercula
    Credit: Pieter Pelser | National Science Fou... | License: PD US NSF
  • Balsam Groundsel (Packera Paupercula) https://www.sagebud.com/balsam-groundsel-packera-paupercula
    Credit: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown | An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 3: 545. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. | License: PD USDA NRCS
  • Balsam Groundsel (Packera Paupercula) https://www.sagebud.com/balsam-groundsel-packera-paupercula
    Credit: Pieter Pelser | National Science Fou... | License: PD US NSF
  • Balsam Groundsel (Packera Paupercula) https://www.sagebud.com/balsam-groundsel-packera-paupercula
    Credit: Pieter Pelser | National Science Fou... | License: PD US NSF
  • Balsam Groundsel (Packera Paupercula) https://www.sagebud.com/balsam-groundsel-packera-paupercula
    Credit: Walter Siegmund (talk) | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0 GFDL
  • Balsam Groundsel (Packera Paupercula) https://www.sagebud.com/balsam-groundsel-packera-paupercula
    Credit: Walter Siegmund (talk) | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0 GFDL
  • Balsam Groundsel (Packera Paupercula) https://www.sagebud.com/balsam-groundsel-packera-paupercula
    Credit: Walter Siegmund (talk) | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0 GFDL
  • Balsam Groundsel (Packera Paupercula) https://www.sagebud.com/balsam-groundsel-packera-paupercula
    Credit: Walter Siegmund (talk) | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0 GFDL
  • Balsam Groundsel (Packera Paupercula) https://www.sagebud.com/balsam-groundsel-packera-paupercula
    Credit: Walter Siegmund (talk) | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0 GFDL
  • Balsam Groundsel (Packera Paupercula) https://www.sagebud.com/balsam-groundsel-packera-paupercula
    Credit: Walter Siegmund (talk) | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0 GFDL
  • Balsam Groundsel (Packera Paupercula) https://www.sagebud.com/balsam-groundsel-packera-paupercula
    Credit: Pieter Pelser | National Science Fou... | License: PD US NSF
  • Balsam Groundsel (Packera Paupercula) https://www.sagebud.com/balsam-groundsel-packera-paupercula
    Credit: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown | An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 159. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. | License: PD USDA NRCS
  • Balsam Groundsel (Packera Paupercula) https://www.sagebud.com/balsam-groundsel-packera-paupercula
    Credit: unknown | http://www.nps.gov/a... | License: PD US Government PD US NPS
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Packera Paupercula, or more commonly know as Balsam Groundsel, is a forb/herb (a forb/herb is a non-woody plant that is not a grass) of the genus Packera. Its duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. Packera Paupercula or Balsam Groundsel's floral region is North America US Lower 48 and Alaska, specifically in the states of Alaska, Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

  • Category: Dicot
  • Genus: Packera
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Order: Asterales
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Duration: Perennial
  • Growth Habit: Forb/herb
  • Native Status: L48 (N) AK (N) CAN (N)





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