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|accepted_name=Packera crocata
|accepted_authority=(Rydberg) W. A. Weber & Á. Löve
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Phytologia
|place=49: 46. 1981
|year=1981
}}
|common_names=Saffron ragwort
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Senecio crocatus
|authority=Rydberg
|publication_title=Bull. Torrey Bot. Club
|publication_place=24: 299. 1897,
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Senecio pyrrhochrous
|authority=Greene
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Senecio tracyi
|authority=Rydberg
}}
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Senecioneae;Packera;Packera crocata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Senecioneae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Packera]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Packera crocata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 20
|mention_page=page 572, 573, 585
|treatment_page=page 583
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials,</b> 20–60+ cm; perennating bases horizontal to ascending (relatively long and stout). <b>Stems</b> usually 1, rarely 2–3, clustered, glabrous. <b>Basal</b> leaves (and proximal cauline) petiolate (petioles narrow); blades narrowly lanceolate or ovate to oblong-ovate, 20–60+ × 10–40+ mm, bases abruptly contracted to tapering, margins subentire to crenate-dentate. <b>Cauline</b> leaves gradually reduced (sessile, weakly clasping; lanceolate to oblong or sublyrate, often pinnately lobed). <b>Heads</b> 7–15+ in open, corymbiform arrays. <b>Peduncles</b> ebracteate or bracteate (bractlets inconspicuous), glabrous. <b>Calyculi</b> 0 or inconspicuous. <b>Phyllaries</b> 13 or 21, light green (or tips cyanic), 4–8 mm, glabrous. <b>Ray</b> florets 8 or 13; corolla laminae (deep yellow to orange-red) 6–8+ mm. <b>Disc</b> florets 60–80+; corolla tubes 4.5–5.5 mm, limbs 2.5–3.5 mm. <b>Cypselae</b> 1–1.5 mm, glabrous; pappi 3–5 mm. <b>2n</b> = 46.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering early Jul–mid Aug.
|habitat=Wet meadows, along trails, rocky outcrops
|elevation=1800–3500 m
|distribution=Colo.;Idaho;Nev.;N.Mex.;Utah;Wyo.
|discussion=<p><i>Packera crocata</i> is characterized by deep yellow to reddish orange corollas. Some collectors have noted that there may be evidence for hybridization between <i>P. crocata</i> and <i>P. dimorphophylla</i>; the relationship between the two species needs further study.</p>
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name=Packera crocata
|author=
|authority=(Rydberg) W. A. Weber & Á. Löve
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Senecio pyrrhochrous;Senecio tracyi
|basionyms=Senecio crocatus
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering early Jul–mid Aug.
|habitat=Wet meadows, along trails, rocky outcrops
|elevation=1800–3500 m
|distribution=Colo.;Idaho;Nev.;N.Mex.;Utah;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Phytologia
|publication year=1981
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Senecioneae
|genus=Packera
|species=Packera crocata
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