Packera clevelandii

Cleveland's ragwort

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.3

Cleveland's ragwort is a California native perennial found in the northern Coast Ranges and central Sierra Nevada Foothills in chaparral and woodland along streams with serpentine soils at elevations of 260 to 900 meters. Flowering from May to August, this plant produces yellow ray flowers with distinctive white to cream disk flowers in heads 12 to 20 millimeters wide. Growing with a single glaucous stem 30 to 80 centimeters tall from a stout taprooted caudex, it develops a distinctive appearance. Its thick, firm basal leaves are lanceolate to narrowly oblanceolate, 3 to 10 centimeters long, with edges ranging from entire to crenate or shallowly lobed, and a glaucous blue-green coloration. The flower heads feature green phyllaries with purple tips, creating an elegant visual contrast in its woodland habitat.

Habitat: Chaparral, woodland along streams in serpentine soils

Bloom period: May-Aug

Elevation: 260-900 m

Bioregions: NCoR, c SNF.

California counties: Tuolumne, Glenn, Lake, Nevada, Napa, Colusa, Tehama

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.