Packera malmstenii) (syn Senecio malmstenii) (but with some reservations - it seems to be a close match and on first glance it looked more like a small Eriogonum - it is a bit more densely clumped than I would have expected).Rare, local endemic, known from only three counties in Utah.Aug. 8, 2003, Cedar Breaks, Iron County, Utah, approx. 10,350 ft. elev.
June 6, 2010 Arizona, Santa Catalina Mountains, Bear CanyonThere is some confusion in the genus Packera and this might be Packera hartiana. I have decided on P. neomexicanus since there are specimens of it in the UA and ASU herbariums in the area that this was photographed. P. hartiana has only been collected further north.
field image of Senecio pauperculus BALSAM RAGWORT at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - a small stand growing where a controlled burn the previous spring or fall cleared away the debris; the dark 'dots' are the seed heads of various species of Carex sedges
June 6, 2010 Arizona, Santa Catalina Mountains, Bear CanyonThere is some confusion in the genus Packera and this might be Packera hartiana. I have decided on P. neomexicanus since there are specimens of it in the UA and ASU herbariums in the area that this was photographed. P. hartiana has only been collected further north.
close up image of Senecio pauperculus BALSAM RAGWORT at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - a single specimen showing a branched, terminal flower head after the center-most bloom has opened and the outer blooms are starting to open