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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rugelia nudicaulis
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Rugel's Ragwort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rugelia nudicaulis
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rugelia nudicaulis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Rugelia nudicaulis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Cacalia rugelia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-19-010:
Senecio rugelia FAMILY Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Senecio rugelia
COMMON NAME:
Rugel's Ragwort, Rugelia, Rugel's Indian Plantain
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L.L. (Chick) Gaddy llg_rugelsragwort
July-August? NC-TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Flower heads nodding, to 0.4" across, with protruding bifurcate stigmas, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm190914_1488
September Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm190914_1496
September Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Phyllaries in 1-2 series, erect (spreading in age), lance-linear to linear, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm190914_1499
September Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm190914_1501
September Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Locally abundant in high-elevation spruce-fir forests in the Smokies, per Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962).
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JK Marlow jkm190914_1512
September Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Rugel's Ragwort is known only from the high elevations of the Smokies, per Alpine South: Plants and Plant Communities of the High Elevations of the Southern Appalachians (Gaddy, 2014).
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JK Marlow jkm190914_1514
September Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Leaves broadly ovate, 3-6" long, coarsely toothed, long-petioled, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm190914_1515
September Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm190914_1517
September Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Achenes are brown, smooth & cylindric; pappus is 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 jkm190914_1562
September Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Stem leaves alternate, bract-like, much smaller than the basal leaves, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rugelia nudicaulis
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rugelia nudicaulis
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rugelia nudicaulis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Rugelia nudicaulis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Cacalia rugelia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-19-010:
Senecio rugelia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Senecio rugelia
1907
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: High elevation forests and openings, primarily in spruce-fir forests, but extending in places downslope into northern hardwood forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
A combination of evergreen & deciduous
Simple
Mostly basal (stem leaves alternate and bractlike)
FLOWER:
Summer
Disc: Yellow
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p100
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p288
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p322
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p372
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p183
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