Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Packera obovata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Roundleaf Ragwort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Packera obovata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Packera obovata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-19-009:
Senecio obovatus FAMILY Asteraceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Senecio obovatus
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Senecio rotundus
COMMON NAME:
Roundleaf Ragwort, Roundleaf Groundsel, Spatulate-leaved Ragwort, Running Ragwort
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
)
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_seob2_001_lvd
)
JK Marlow jkm170226_313
February Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
)
JK Marlow jkm170226_314
February Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
)
JK Marlow jkm230228_1293
February Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
)
JK Marlow jkm230228_1306
February Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Involucral bracts purple-tipped, 0.2" [5mm] long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
COMPARE
involucral bracts of DYCs with ray and disc flowers
)
JK Marlow jkm090321_042
March Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
)
JK Marlow jkm090321_060
March Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
)
JK Marlow jkm090321_070
March Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
)
JK Marlow jkm230328_2171
March Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
)
JK Marlow jkm230328_2192
March Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
)
JK Marlow jkm070407_010
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
)
JK Marlow jkm090412_036
April Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
8-10 irregularly spaced ray flowers. Disk yellow, 0.3-.6" across, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
)
JK Marlow jkm090412_130
April Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Basal lvs rounded->obovate, tapering or abruptly narrowing to long petiole, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
)
JK Marlow jkm130422_640
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
)
JK Marlow jkm130422_650
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
)
JK Marlow jkm200425_4150
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
)
Patrick D. McMillan pdmsobovatus_cane1
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Disc flowers of the Senecio species are perfect [bisexual], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
)
JK Marlow s070407_a
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
[stem leaf on right] Stem leaves piinnately lobed & sessile upward, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
)
JK Marlow jkm080504_084
May Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
)
JK Marlow jkm080504_089
May Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
)
JK Marlow jkm210516_0387
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
)
JK Marlow jkm250524_0618
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
)
JK Marlow s080504_a
May Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Basal leaves have obovate or nearly round blades tapering at the base, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
)
JK Marlow jkm121027_820
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
)
JK Marlow jkm121027_823
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Packera obovata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Packera obovata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Packera obovata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-19-009:
Senecio obovatus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Senecio obovatus
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Senecio rotundus
1361
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Nutrient rich forests and woodlands (dry or moist), usually over calcareous or mafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in GA Mountains, uncommon in Carolina Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont of GA & NC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p255
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p112
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p171
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p181
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p218
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p378
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p304
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p130
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006) p218
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p104
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p323
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p374
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p198
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
Less is more: If "pencil flower" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "pencil".