NameThatPlant.net: Packera paupercula var. paupercula

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Packera paupercula var. paupercula FAMILY Asteraceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Packera at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Packera paupercula FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-19-006:

Senecio pauperculus FAMILY Asteraceae

COMMON NAME:
Balsam Groundsel, Balsam Ragwort, Northern Meadow Groundsel

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (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) 179-19-006:
Senecio pauperculus FAMILY Asteraceae

3395

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Thickets, meadows, glades, generally over circumneutral soils derived from calcareous or mafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Rare

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

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile

FRUIT:
Spring
Brown
Achene

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