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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Packera obovata   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Packera obovata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-19-009:

Senecio obovatus   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Senecio obovatus

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Senecio rotundus

 

COMMON NAME:
Roundleaf Ragwort, Roundleaf Groundsel, Spatulate-leaved Ragwort, Running Ragwort


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image of Packera obovata, Roundleaf Ragwort, Roundleaf Groundsel, Spatulate-leaved Ragwort, Running Ragwort

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_seob2_001_lvd

        

image of Packera obovata, Roundleaf Ragwort, Roundleaf Groundsel, Spatulate-leaved Ragwort, Running Ragwort

JK Marlow    jkm170226_313

February    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

image of Packera obovata, Roundleaf Ragwort, Roundleaf Groundsel, Spatulate-leaved Ragwort, Running Ragwort

JK Marlow    jkm170226_314

February    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

image of Packera obovata, Roundleaf Ragwort, Roundleaf Groundsel, Spatulate-leaved Ragwort, Running Ragwort

JK Marlow    jkm230228_1293

February    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Packera obovata, Roundleaf Ragwort, Roundleaf Groundsel, Spatulate-leaved Ragwort, Running Ragwort

JK Marlow    jkm230228_1306

February    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Involucral bracts purple-tipped, 0.2" [5mm] long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE involucral bracts of DYCs with ray and disc flowers

image of Packera obovata, Roundleaf Ragwort, Roundleaf Groundsel, Spatulate-leaved Ragwort, Running Ragwort

JK Marlow    jkm090321_042

March    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

image of Packera obovata, Roundleaf Ragwort, Roundleaf Groundsel, Spatulate-leaved Ragwort, Running Ragwort

JK Marlow    jkm090321_060

March    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

image of Packera obovata, Roundleaf Ragwort, Roundleaf Groundsel, Spatulate-leaved Ragwort, Running Ragwort

JK Marlow    jkm090321_070

March    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

image of Packera obovata, Roundleaf Ragwort, Roundleaf Groundsel, Spatulate-leaved Ragwort, Running Ragwort

JK Marlow    jkm230328_2171

March    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Packera obovata, Roundleaf Ragwort, Roundleaf Groundsel, Spatulate-leaved Ragwort, Running Ragwort

JK Marlow    jkm230328_2192

March    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Packera obovata, Roundleaf Ragwort, Roundleaf Groundsel, Spatulate-leaved Ragwort, Running Ragwort

JK Marlow    jkm070407_009

April    McCormick County    SC

Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve

image of Packera obovata, Roundleaf Ragwort, Roundleaf Groundsel, Spatulate-leaved Ragwort, Running Ragwort

JK Marlow    jkm070407_010

April    McCormick County    SC

Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve

image of Packera obovata, Roundleaf Ragwort, Roundleaf Groundsel, Spatulate-leaved Ragwort, Running Ragwort

JK Marlow    jkm090412_036

April    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

8-10 irregularly spaced ray flowers. Disk yellow, 0.3-.6" across, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Packera obovata, Roundleaf Ragwort, Roundleaf Groundsel, Spatulate-leaved Ragwort, Running Ragwort

JK Marlow    jkm090412_130

April    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

Basal lvs rounded->obovate, tapering or abruptly narrowing to long petiole, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Packera obovata, Roundleaf Ragwort, Roundleaf Groundsel, Spatulate-leaved Ragwort, Running Ragwort

JK Marlow    jkm130422_640

April    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Packera obovata, Roundleaf Ragwort, Roundleaf Groundsel, Spatulate-leaved Ragwort, Running Ragwort

JK Marlow    jkm130422_650

April    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Packera obovata, Roundleaf Ragwort, Roundleaf Groundsel, Spatulate-leaved Ragwort, Running Ragwort

JK Marlow    jkm200425_4150

April    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Packera obovata, Roundleaf Ragwort, Roundleaf Groundsel, Spatulate-leaved Ragwort, Running Ragwort

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmsobovatus_cane1

April    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

Disc flowers of the Senecio species are perfect [bisexual], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Packera obovata, Roundleaf Ragwort, Roundleaf Groundsel, Spatulate-leaved Ragwort, Running Ragwort

JK Marlow    s070407_a

April    McCormick County    SC

Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve

[stem leaf on right] Stem leaves piinnately lobed & sessile upward, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Packera obovata, Roundleaf Ragwort, Roundleaf Groundsel, Spatulate-leaved Ragwort, Running Ragwort

JK Marlow    jkm080504_084

May    Swain County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Packera obovata, Roundleaf Ragwort, Roundleaf Groundsel, Spatulate-leaved Ragwort, Running Ragwort

JK Marlow    jkm080504_089

May    Swain County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Packera obovata, Roundleaf Ragwort, Roundleaf Groundsel, Spatulate-leaved Ragwort, Running Ragwort

JK Marlow    jkm210516_0387

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Packera obovata, Roundleaf Ragwort, Roundleaf Groundsel, Spatulate-leaved Ragwort, Running Ragwort

JK Marlow    s080504_a

May    Swain County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Basal leaves have obovate or nearly round blades tapering at the base, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Packera obovata, Roundleaf Ragwort, Roundleaf Groundsel, Spatulate-leaved Ragwort, Running Ragwort

JK Marlow    jkm121027_820

October    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Packera obovata, Roundleaf Ragwort, Roundleaf Groundsel, Spatulate-leaved Ragwort, Running Ragwort

JK Marlow    jkm121027_823

October    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Packera obovata   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Packera obovata   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Packera obovata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-19-009:
Senecio obovatus   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Senecio obovatus

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Senecio rotundus

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1361

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Nutrient rich forests and woodlands (dry or moist), usually over calcareous or mafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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

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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

 

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