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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Packera anonyma   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

Packera anonyma

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)

Senecio anonymus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-19-004:

Senecio smallii   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Senecio smallii

 

COMMON NAME:
Small's Ragwort, Squaw-weed, Appalachian Ragwort


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_sesm3_001_lvd

        

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JK Marlow    jkm0204v_07a

April    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm0504b_09

April    Greenville County    SC

Field

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JK Marlow    jkm0504b_09b

April    Greenville County    SC

Field

Basal leaves toothed or scalloped, some pinnately lobed, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

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JK Marlow    jkm200411_3762

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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JK Marlow    jkm200422_4020

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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Keith Bradley    kab_packera_anonyma_5085

April    Lancaster County    SC

Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm0205a_06

May    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm0505c_18

May    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

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JK Marlow    jkm120512_701

May    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm120512_702b

May    Greenville County    SC

Fruit ellipsoid achenes; pappus a tuft of white bristles, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm180509_2037

May    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm180509_2040

May    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm200516_4871

May    Pickens County    SC

8-15 ray flowers, 0.2-0.3" long, surround a disk 0.2-0.3" wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm210513_0233

May    Oconee County    SC

Boone's Creek Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm210513_0236

May    Oconee County    SC

Boone's Creek Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm210513_0237

May    Oconee County    SC

Boone's Creek Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm230505_3039

May    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

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JK Marlow    s000510_a

May    Greenville County    SC

Usually 20-100 heads in a corymb-like inflorescence, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

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JK Marlow    s000510_c

May    Greenville County    SC

Cauline leaves few, deeply pinnatifid, becoming sessile above, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

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JK Marlow    s120524_a

May    Greenville County    SC

Elongate basal lvs with elliptic, blunt-tipped blades taper to long petioles, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

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JK Marlow    jkm210919_3728

September    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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JK Marlow    jkm211003_4050

October    Greenville County    SC

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Packera anonyma   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Senecio anonymus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-19-004:
Senecio smallii   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Senecio smallii

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1364

Forb
Winter annual

Habitat: rock outcrops, roadsides, woodlands; hammocks, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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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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