Native and naturalized plants
Native and naturalized plants of the Carolinas and Georgia, eastern Tennessee and northern Florida

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Weakley's Flora ( 4/7/08 ): Asteraceae
Packera tomentosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS National Database: Asteraceae
Packera tomentosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Asteraceae
179-19-005
Senecio tomentosus

Common Name:
Woolly Ragwort

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Look for it on sandy roadsides, in sandy woodlands & forests, granitic flatrocks, granitic domes, per Weakley's Flora



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...Wet ...Moist

Leaves:
Simple
Basal & alternate cauline

Flower:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Yellow ... Disc: Yellow

Fruit:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet

To learn more about this plant, look it up in a good book!
A Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p171
All About SC Wildflowers p255
Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops p43
Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p198
Wildflowers of the Eastern US p131




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image of Senecio tomentosus, image of Packera tomentosa
JK Marlow      jkm080427_017


April
Pickens SC

 

image of Senecio tomentosus, image of Packera tomentosa
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April
Pickens SC

 

image of Senecio tomentosus, image of Packera tomentosa
JK Marlow      jkm090418_004


April
Pickens County SC
Pickens County Museum

 

image of Senecio tomentosus, image of Packera tomentosa
JK Marlow      jkm060603_047


June
Pickens County SC

 

image of Senecio tomentosus, image of Packera tomentosa
JK Marlow      jkm060603_048


June
Pickens County SC

 

image of Senecio tomentosus, image of Packera tomentosa
JK Marlow      jkm060603_050


June
Pickens County SC

 

image of Senecio tomentosus, image of Packera tomentosa
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June
Pickens County SC

Lvs lanceolate to ovate w scalloped or toothed margins (none pinnatifid) per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains

 

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