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Packera cana is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name woolly groundsel. It is native to western and central North America, where it can be found in a wide array of habitat types at all elevations from grassland to the alpine climates of mountain peaks. It is a perennial herb producing one erect stem from a rosette of basal leaves and a rhizome system. It generally grows up to 40 centimeters in maximum height. It is a woolly plant, its herbage coated in whitish hairs. The basal leaves have lance-shaped to oval blades which may have smooth or toothed edges. They are a few centimeters long and are borne on petioles. Leaves higher on the stem are smaller and simpler.
Perennial herb
10 - 18 in Tall
Upright
Moderate
Yellow
Spring
Adaptable, tolerant of sand, loam and clay.
Lodgepole Forest, Northern Juniper Woodland, Red Fir Forest, Subalpine Forest, Yellow Pine Forest