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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Packera millefolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae
(?)
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 is apparently a hybrid between Packera millefolium and 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