Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Packera obovata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Packera obovata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 179-19-009:
Senecio obovatus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Roundleaf Ragwort, Roundleaf Groundsel, Spatulate-leaved Ragwort, Running Ragwort
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JK Marlow jkm090321_039
March Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Involucral bracts purple-tipped, 0.2" [5mm] long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of DYCs with ray and disc flowers
JK Marlow jkm090412_036
April Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
8-10 irregularly spaced ray flowers. Disk yellow, 0.3-.6" across, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
JK Marlow jkm090412_130
April Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Basal lvs rounded->obovate, tapering or abruptly narrowing to long petiole, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Patrick D. McMillan pdmsobovatus_cane1
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Disc flowers of the Senecio species are perfect [bisexual], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow s070407_a
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
[stem leaf on right] Stem leaves piinnately lobed & sessile upward, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
JK Marlow s080504_a
May Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Basal leaves have obovate or nearly round blades tapering at the base, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.