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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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