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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Packera anonyma
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Read more about Small's Ragwort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Packera anonyma
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Packera anonyma
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Senecio anonymus
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-19-004:
Senecio smallii FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Senecio smallii
COMMON NAME:
Small's Ragwort, Squaw-weed, Appalachian Ragwort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_sesm3_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0204v_07a
April Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0504b_09
April Greenville County SC
Field
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JK Marlow jkm0504b_09b
April Greenville County SC
Field
Basal leaves toothed or scalloped, some pinnately lobed, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm200411_3762
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm200422_4020
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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Keith Bradley kab_packera_anonyma_5085
April Lancaster County SC
Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm0205a_06
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0505c_18
May Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm120512_701
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120512_702b
May Greenville County SC
Fruit ellipsoid 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 jkm180509_2037
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm180509_2040
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200516_4871
May Pickens County SC
8-15 ray flowers, 0.2-0.3" long, surround a disk 0.2-0.3" wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm210513_0233
May Oconee County SC
Boone's Creek Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210513_0236
May Oconee County SC
Boone's Creek Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210513_0237
May Oconee County SC
Boone's Creek Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230505_3039
May Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow s000510_a
May Greenville County SC
Usually 20-100 heads in a corymb-like inflorescence, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow s000510_c
May Greenville County SC
Cauline leaves few, deeply pinnatifid, becoming sessile above, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow s120524_a
May Greenville County SC
Elongate basal lvs with elliptic, blunt-tipped blades taper to long petioles, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm210919_3728
September Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm211003_4050
October Greenville County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Packera anonyma
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Packera anonyma
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Packera anonyma
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Senecio anonymus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-19-004:
Senecio smallii
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Senecio smallii
1364
Forb
Winter annual
Habitat: rock outcrops, roadsides, woodlands; hammocks, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
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
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p392
- 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 Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p303
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p131
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006) p218
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p251
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p104
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p322
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p373
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p197
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p322
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