Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Blue Ridge Ragwort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
The epithet in Packera has sometimes been spelled "millefolia" (see synonymy), ignoring that this epithet is a noun in apposition (rather than an adjective) based on the pre-Linnaean genus name Millefolium (for Achillea) (Weakley et al. 2011).
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Packera millefolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Packera millefolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Packera millefolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-19-003:
Senecio millefolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Blue Ridge Ragwort, Yarrowleaf Ragwort, Divided-leaf Ragwort
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmsmillefolium_glsy
March Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Its mostly basal leaves are twice or more pinnately dissected, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm110513_517
May Greenville County SC
Camp Old Indian
This individual is apparently a hybrid between Packera millefolium & P. anonyma.
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JK Marlow jkm200508_4733
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm200508_4735
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
The leaf segments are linear & sharp-pointed, none as much as 1/8" wide, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm200508_4738
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm200508_4740
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Ray florets 8-10(-13); disc florets 35-50 or more, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm200508_4741
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Flower heads arranged in open, corymbiform arrays. Peduncles glabrous, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm200508_4742
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Phyllaries (13-)21, green, glabrous (tips sometimes hair-tufted), per Flora of North America.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of DYCs
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JK Marlow jkm200508_4743
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm200508_4744
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm141030_472
October Greenville County SC
Wildcat Falls Wayside Park