OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Butterweed, Smooth Ragwort, Smooth Groundsel, Yellowtop

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Packera glabella   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Packera glabella   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Senecio glabellus 179-19-002   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Swamp forests, bottomland forests, cleared areas in bottomlands, wet agricultural fields, ditches, often in mucky soils

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain, rare in SC Mountains & NC Piedmont)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Blue Ridge Ragwort, Yarrowleaf Ragwort, Divided-leaf Ragwort, Blue Ridge Groundsel

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Packera millefolium   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Packera millefolium   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Senecio millefolium 179-19-003   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Granitic domes, cliffs, and rocky woodlands, over granite, gneiss, schist, and amphibolite, and (in sw. VA) in calcareous glades and woodlands

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Small's Ragwort, Squaw-weed, Appalachian Ragwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Packera anonyma   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Packera anonyma   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Senecio smallii 179-19-004   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Rock outcrops, roadsides, woodlands; hammocks, disturbed areas

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Woolly Ragwort, Woolly Groundsel, Woolly Goldenwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Packera dubia   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Packera tomentosa   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ILLEGITIMATE NAME) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Senecio tomentosus 179-19-005   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Sandy roadsides, sandy woodlands and forests, granitic flatrocks, granitic domes

Common (rare in Mountains), primarily Coastal Plain, but extending inland

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Balsam Groundsel, Balsam Ragwort, Northern Meadow Groundsel

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Packera paupercula var. paupercula   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Packera paupercula   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Senecio pauperculus 179-19-006   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Thickets, meadows, glades, generally over circumneutral soils derived from calcareous or mafic rocks

Rare

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Bog Ragwort, Crawford's Groundsel, Crawford’s Ragwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Packera crawfordii   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Packera paupercula   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Senecio pauperculus 179-19-006?   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Bogs, fens, calcareous longleaf pine savannas

Rare

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

 


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speaker icon Common Name: Appalachian Ragwort, Appalachian Groundsel

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Packera paupercula var. appalachiana   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Packera plattensis   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Glades, cliffs, barrens, over mafic, or calcareous rocks

Rare

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Buck Creek Ragwort, Serpentine Ragwort, Rattlesnake Groundsel, Buck Creek Groundsel

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Packera serpenticola   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Packera serpenticola   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Serpentine barrens

Rare (endemic to the Buck Creek Serpentine Barren, Clay County, NC)

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Robbins' Ragwort, New England Ragwort, New England Groundsel, Schweinitz's Ragwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Packera schweinitziana   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Packera schweinitziana   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Senecio robbinsii 179-19-007   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Grassy balds (in deep soil), at high elevations, in our area generally over metagabbro or amphibolite

Rare

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Golden Ragwort, Heartleaf Ragwort, Golden Groundsel

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Packera aurea   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Packera aurea   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Senecio aureus 179-19-008   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Moist forests, bottomlands, bogs, stream banks

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Roundleaf Ragwort, Roundleaf Groundsel, Spatulate-leaved Ragwort, Running Ragwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Packera obovata   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Packera obovata   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Senecio obovatus 179-19-009   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Nutrient rich forests and woodlands (dry or moist), usually over calcareous or mafic rocks

Common in GA Mountains, uncommon in Carolina Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont of GA & NC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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