Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Woolly 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 tomentosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Packera tomentosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-19-005:
Senecio tomentosus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Woolly Ragwort
Click or hover over the thumbnails to see larger pictures.
Keith Bradley kab_p_tomentosa_3128
March Lancaster County SC
Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve
Phyllaries 13 or 21, light green, usually glabrous(sometimes hairy proximally), per Flora of North America.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of DYCs
JK Marlow jkm140426_666
April Pickens County SC
Ray florets 10 or 13; disc florets 50-60 or more, per Flora of North America.
JK Marlow jkm200516_4859
May Pickens County SC
Cypselae cylindric, usually 5-10 ribbed (ribs usually prominent), per Flora of North America.
JK Marlow jkm060603_047
June Pickens County SC
Leaves visibly tomentose throughout growing season. Basal lvs held vertically, per Weakley's Flora.
JK Marlow s060604_ab
June Pickens County SC
Leaves lanceolate to ovate w scalloped or toothed margins, none pinnatifid, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.