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Read more about Robbins' Ragwort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Packera schweinitziana
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Packera schweinitziana
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Segregates of Senecio & Cacalia in the flora of North America... (Barkley, 1999)
Packera schweinitzianus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Senecio schweinitzianus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-19-007:
Senecio robbinsii
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Robbins' Ragwort, New England Ragwort, New England Groundsel, Schweinitz's Ragwort
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Diane Creaton dmc03311
June Avery County NC
The Roan Highlands
Basal lf blade 2-8x long as wide, base truncate to cordate (typically oblique), per Weakley's Flora.
JK Marlow jkm100626_070
June Avery County NC
The Roan Highlands
Heads 8-20+ in loose, corymbiform arrays, per Flora of North America.
JK Marlow jkm100626_073
June Avery County NC
The Roan Highlands
Phyllaries 13 or 21, light green (tips sometimes black), 5-8mm, glabrous, per Flora of North America.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of DYCs with ray and disc flowers