was put on hold after a legal challenge. Conservation efforts have included the installation of trails away from spots where the plants are growing and the closing of alpine habitat to recreation except by permit. This mountaintop-dwelling plant may suffer during climate change, because it cannot move to higher or colder habitat as warming occurs. References External links USDA Plants Profile for Packera franciscana franciscana Alpine flora Flora of Arizona Endemic flora of the United States Natural history of Coconino County, Arizona Critically endangered flora of the United States Taxa named by Edward Lee Greene