Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Packera millefolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Blue Ridge Ragwort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
The epithet in Packera has sometimes been spelled "millefolia" (see synonymy), ignoring that this epithet is a noun in apposition (rather than an adjective) based on the pre-Linnaean genus name Millefolium (for Achillea) (Weakley et al. 2011).
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Packera millefolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Packera millefolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR) Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Packera millefolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR) Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Packera millefolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-19-003:
Senecio millefolium FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Senecio millefolium
COMMON NAME:
Blue Ridge Ragwort, Yarrowleaf Ragwort, Divided-leaf Ragwort, Blue Ridge Groundsel
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmsmillefolium_glsy
March Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Its mostly basal leaves are twice or more pinnately dissected, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm230418_2588
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm110513_517
May Greenville County SC
Camp Old Indian
This individual is apparently a hybrid between Packera millefolium & P. anonyma.
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JK Marlow jkm200508_4733
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm200508_4735
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
The leaf segments are linear & sharp-pointed, none as much as 1/8" wide, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm200508_4738
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm200508_4740
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Ray florets 8-10(-13); disc florets 35-50 or more, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm200508_4741
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Flower heads arranged in open, corymbiform arrays. Peduncles glabrous, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm200508_4742
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Phyllaries (13-)21, green, glabrous (tips sometimes hair-tufted), per Flora of North America.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of DYCs
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JK Marlow jkm200508_4743
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm200508_4744
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm141030_472
October Greenville County SC
Wildcat Falls Wayside Park
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JK Marlow jkm231114_6882
November Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Packera millefolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Packera millefolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Packera millefolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR)
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Packera millefolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR)
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Packera millefolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-19-003:
Senecio millefolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Senecio millefolium
1360
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Granitic domes, cliffs, and rocky woodlands, over granite, gneiss, schist, and amphibolite, and (in sw. VA) in calcareous glades and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple: Dissected
Mostly basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p090
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p543
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p251
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p131
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p415
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p197
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