Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Packera dubia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Woolly Ragwort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Packera tomentosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Packera tomentosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ILLEGITIMATE NAME) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-19-005:
Senecio tomentosus FAMILY Asteraceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Senecio alabamensis
INCLUDING (ILLEGITIMATE NAME) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Senecio tomentosus
COMMON NAME:
Woolly Ragwort, Woolly Groundsel, Woolly Goldenwort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_seto2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm170325_233
March Pickens County SC
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Keith Bradley kab_p_tomentosa_3128
March Lancaster County SC
Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve
Phyllaries 13 or 21, light green, usually glabrous(sometimes hairy proximally), per Flora of North America.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of DYCs
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Keith Bradley kab_p_tomentosa_4456
March Lancaster County SC
Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm140426_666
April Pickens County SC
Ray florets 10 or 13; disc florets 50-60 or more, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm200516_4841
May Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200516_4859b
May Pickens County SC
Cypselae cylindric, usually 5-10 ribbed (ribs usually prominent), per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm200516_4864
May Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200516_4875
May Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200516_4878
May Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm220525_8071
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm220525_8072
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm060603_047
June Pickens County SC
Leaves visibly tomentose throughout growing season. Basal lvs held vertically, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm060603_048
June Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow s060604_ab
June Pickens County SC
Leaves lanceolate to ovate w scalloped or toothed margins, none pinnatifid, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Packera dubia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Packera tomentosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Packera tomentosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ILLEGITIMATE NAME)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-19-005:
Senecio tomentosus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Senecio alabamensis
INCLUDING (ILLEGITIMATE NAME)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Senecio tomentosus
1366
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Sandy roadsides, sandy woodlands and forests, granitic flatrocks, granitic domes. Wet coastal prairies along the western gulf coastal plain, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in Mountains), primarily Coastal Plain, but extending inland
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) p171
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p200
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000) p43
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p287
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p131
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006) p218
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p105
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p416
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p198
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