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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Packera aurea   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

Packera aurea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-19-008:

Senecio aureus   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Senecio aureus

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Senecio gracilis

 

COMMON NAME:
Golden Ragwort, Heartleaf Ragwort, Golden Groundsel


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USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969    mpa_page_235

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_paau3_001_lvd

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_seau2_001_lvd

        

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JK Marlow    jkm190202_6376

February    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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JK Marlow    jkm190305_6641

March    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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JK Marlow    jkm190305_6646

March    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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JK Marlow    jkm230325_2030

March    Pickens County    SC

Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm230325_2031

March    Pickens County    SC

Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve

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Alan S. Weakley    asw_943345663504340

April    Orange County    NC

North Carolina Botanical Garden

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JK Marlow    jkm0404c_0607

April    Haywood County    NC

Roadside

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JK Marlow    jkm080421_097

April    Haywood County    NC

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JK Marlow    jkm080421_110

April    Haywood County    NC

Heads several, in open clusters on slender stalks, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm140411_873

April    Spartanburg County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm140418_262

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

10-12 ray flowers, 0.25-0.5" long. Disk 0.2-0.5" wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm170414_607

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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JK Marlow    jkm200403_3445

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Phyllaries green (the tips purple or black), per Flora of North America.


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JK Marlow    jkm200403_3447

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Involucres narrowly campanulate, bracts in 1 series, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm200403_3450

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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JK Marlow    jkm200403_3454

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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JK Marlow    jkm200409_3638

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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JK Marlow    jkm210413_9476

April    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm210413_9482

April    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm210413_9486

April    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm210413_9487

April    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm210423_9718

April    Transylvania County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

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JK Marlow    jkm210423_9725

April    Transylvania County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

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JK Marlow    s040404_bc

April    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Base of basal leaves cordate or truncate; leaf undersides often purple, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

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JK Marlow    jkm0405m_36

May    Sevier County    TN

Roadside

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JK Marlow    jkm060508_168

May    Macon County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District

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JK Marlow    jkm070518_100

May    Avery County    NC

Grandfather Mountain

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JK Marlow    jkm080503_036

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Fruits brownish cylindric achenes; pappus a tuft of white bristles, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm150505_914

May    Jackson County    NC

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JK Marlow    jkm200525_5279

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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JK Marlow    s040503_fg

May    Sevier County    TN

Roadside

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Keith Bradley    kab_packera_aurea_9282

June    Madison County    VA

Shenandoah National Park

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JK Marlow    jkm210903_3316

September    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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JK Marlow    jkm181106_5654

November    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Packera aurea   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Packera aurea   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Packera aurea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-19-008:
Senecio aureus   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Senecio aureus

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Senecio gracilis

 

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1358

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist forests, bottomlands, bogs, stream banks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate

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

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brown
Achene

 

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