NameThatPlant.net: Rugelia nudicaulis

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rugelia nudicaulis FAMILY Asteraceae__ Go to FSUS key

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Read more about Rugel's Ragwort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rugelia nudicaulis FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-19-010:

Senecio rugelia FAMILY Asteraceae__

COMMON NAME:
Rugel's Ragwort, Rugelia, Rugel's Indian-plantain

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 VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-19-010:
Senecio rugelia FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
A combination of evergreen & deciduous
Simple
Mostly basal (stem leaves alternate and bractlike)
Basal leaves have long petioles; stem leaves are sessile.

FLOWER:
Summer
Disc: Yellow
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer
Achene

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