Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest in southwestern Washington and in the Columbia River Gorge; southern Washington to California.
Habitat: Moist, rocky woodlands, banks, bluffs, and beaches, from the lowlands to middle elevations in the mountains.
Flowers: June-July
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: Perennial
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Glabrous perennial from a branching rhizome, 1-6 dm. tall.
Basal leaves well-developed and persistent, thick and firm, petiolate, the blade cordate, up to 7 cm. broad and long, shallowly palmately lobed, the lobes again toothed; cauline leaves several, pinnatifid, reduced upward.
Heads several in a compact, cymose cluster; involucre 5-7 mm. high, pubescent, often with a few, slender bracteoles; rays yellow.
Achene
Publication: Phytologia. 49: 45. 1981.
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var. harfordii – Harford's groundsel, Harford's ragwort
Occurring west of the Cascades crest in southwestern Washington and in the Columbia River Gorge; southern Washington to California.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Packera bolanderi in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database
WA Flora Checklist: Packera bolanderi checklist entry
OregonFlora: Packera bolanderi information
E-Flora BC: Packera bolanderi atlas page
CalPhotos: Packera bolanderi photos
