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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Packera paupercula var. appalachiana   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Packera plattensis   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Packera plattensis

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Senecio plattensis

 

COMMON NAME:
 Appalachian Ragwort, Appalachian Groundsel

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image of Packera paupercula var. appalachiana, Appalachian Ragwort, Appalachian Groundsel

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_sepl_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Packera paupercula var. appalachiana   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Packera plattensis   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
 Packera plattensis

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
 Senecio plattensis

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1362

Forb
Biennial/Perennial

Habitat: Glades, cliffs, barrens, over mafic, or calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile

FRUIT:
Spring
Achene

 

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