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Asteraceae

Northern groundsel

Packera hyperborealis (Greenm.) Á.Löve & D.Löve

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Packera

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Northern groundsel (Packera hyperborealis)
Photo: Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (1)
English
Northern groundsel

Synonyms

  • Packera hyperborealis subsp. wrangelica (Jurtzev, Korobkov & V.V.Petrovsky) Jurtzev, Korobkov & V.V.Petrovsky
  • Senecio hyperborealis Greenm.
  • Senecio hyperborealis subsp. hyperborealis
  • Senecio hyperborealis var. hyperborealis
  • Tephroseris hyperborealis (Greenm.) Barkalov
  • Tephroseris hyperborealis (Greenm.) Czerep.

Flowers

In flower
June (from 5 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.