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



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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image of Packera millefolium, Blue Ridge Ragwort, Yarrowleaf Ragwort, Divided-leaf Ragwort, Blue Ridge Groundsel

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).

image of Packera millefolium, Blue Ridge Ragwort, Yarrowleaf Ragwort, Divided-leaf Ragwort, Blue Ridge Groundsel

JK Marlow    jkm230418_2588

April    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Packera millefolium, Blue Ridge Ragwort, Yarrowleaf Ragwort, Divided-leaf Ragwort, Blue Ridge Groundsel

JK Marlow    jkm110513_517

May    Greenville County    SC

Camp Old Indian

This individual is apparently a hybrid between Packera millefolium & P. anonyma.

image of Packera millefolium, Blue Ridge Ragwort, Yarrowleaf Ragwort, Divided-leaf Ragwort, Blue Ridge Groundsel

JK Marlow    jkm200508_4733

May    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Packera millefolium, Blue Ridge Ragwort, Yarrowleaf Ragwort, Divided-leaf Ragwort, Blue Ridge Groundsel

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).

image of Packera millefolium, Blue Ridge Ragwort, Yarrowleaf Ragwort, Divided-leaf Ragwort, Blue Ridge Groundsel

JK Marlow    jkm200508_4738

May    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Packera millefolium, Blue Ridge Ragwort, Yarrowleaf Ragwort, Divided-leaf Ragwort, Blue Ridge Groundsel

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.

image of Packera millefolium, Blue Ridge Ragwort, Yarrowleaf Ragwort, Divided-leaf Ragwort, Blue Ridge Groundsel

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.

image of Packera millefolium, Blue Ridge Ragwort, Yarrowleaf Ragwort, Divided-leaf Ragwort, Blue Ridge Groundsel

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.


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE involucral bracts of DYCs

image of Packera millefolium, Blue Ridge Ragwort, Yarrowleaf Ragwort, Divided-leaf Ragwort, Blue Ridge Groundsel

JK Marlow    jkm200508_4743

May    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Packera millefolium, Blue Ridge Ragwort, Yarrowleaf Ragwort, Divided-leaf Ragwort, Blue Ridge Groundsel

JK Marlow    jkm200508_4744

May    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Packera millefolium, Blue Ridge Ragwort, Yarrowleaf Ragwort, Divided-leaf Ragwort, Blue Ridge Groundsel

JK Marlow    jkm141030_472

October    Greenville County    SC

Wildcat Falls Wayside Park

image of Packera millefolium, Blue Ridge Ragwort, Yarrowleaf Ragwort, Divided-leaf Ragwort, Blue Ridge Groundsel

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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

map
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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

 

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