NameThatPlant.net: Packera glabella

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

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

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Packera glabella FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-19-002:

Senecio glabellus FAMILY Asteraceae

COMMON NAME:
Butterweed, Smooth Ragwort, Smooth Groundsel, Yellowtop

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (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) 179-19-002:
Senecio glabellus FAMILY Asteraceae

1359

Forb
Winter annual

Habitat: swamp forests, bottomland forests, cleared areas in bottomlands, wet agricultural fields, ditches, often in mucky soils, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain, rare in SC Mountains & NC Piedmont)

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

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate

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

Flowers in corymbs

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brown
Achene

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