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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Packera tomentosa
|accepted_authority=(Michaux) C. Jeffrey
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Kew Bull.
|place=47: 101. 1992
|year=1992
}}
|common_names=Woolly ragwort
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Senecio tomentosus
|authority=Michaux
|publication_title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|publication_place=2: 119. 1803
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cineraria integrifolia var. minor
|authority=Pursh
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=S. alabamensis
|authority=Britton ex Small
}}
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Senecioneae;Packera;Packera tomentosa
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Senecioneae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Packera]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Packera tomentosa]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 20
|mention_page=page 577, 578, 579
|treatment_page=page 601
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials,</b> 30–60+ cm; taprooted (caudices relatively thick, weakly ascending or erect), sometimes stoloniferous. <b>Stems</b> 1, densely lanate-tomentose proximally, floccose-tomentose to glabrescent distally. <b>Basal</b> leaves (and proximal cauline) petiolate; blades lanceolate to narrowly ovate or elliptic, 40–120+ × 20–50+ mm, bases tapering, sometimes oblique, margins subentire, crenate, or serrate-dentate. <b>Cauline</b> leaves gradually reduced (± petiolate or sessile, weakly clasping; dentate to pinnately lobed). <b>Heads</b> 10–30+ in open, corymbiform arrays (more in robust individuals). <b>Peduncles</b> bracteate, sparsely to densely tomentose. <b>Calyculi</b> inconspicuous. <b>Phyllaries</b> 13 or 21, light green, 5–8 mm, usually glabrous (sometimes hairy proximally). <b>Ray</b> florets 10 or 13; corolla laminae 6–8+ mm. <b>Disc</b> florets 50–60+; corolla tubes 3.5–4 mm, limbs 3–3.5 mm. <b>Cypselae</b> 1–1.5 mm, hispid; pappi 5–7 mm. <b>2n</b> = 46.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering (Mar–)May–early Jun.
|habitat=Open meadows, roadways, sandy or shallow soils overlying granitic outcrops
|elevation=0–500 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Md.;N.J.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tex.;Va.
|discussion=<p><i>Packera tomentosa</i> is common throughout most of its range. The basal and proximal cauline leaves are held at about 45 degrees to the stems.</p>
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name=Packera tomentosa
|author=
|authority=(Michaux) C. Jeffrey
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Cineraria integrifolia var. minor;S. alabamensis
|basionyms=Senecio tomentosus
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering (Mar–)May–early Jun.
|habitat=Open meadows, roadways, sandy or shallow soils overlying granitic outcrops
|elevation=0–500 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Md.;N.J.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tex.;Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Kew Bull.
|publication year=1992
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V19-20-21/V20_1349.xml
|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Senecioneae
|genus=Packera
|species=Packera tomentosa
}}<!--

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