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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rugelia nudicaulis
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Read more about Rugel's Ragwort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rugelia nudicaulis
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rugelia nudicaulis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Rugelia nudicaulis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Cacalia rugelia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-19-010:
Senecio rugelia FAMILY Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Senecio rugelia
COMMON NAME:
Rugel's Ragwort, Rugelia, Rugel's Indian-plantain
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Jean Askew jas_071823_8639
July NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Flower heads nodding, to 0.4" across, with protruding bifurcate stigmas, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Jean Askew jas_071823_8639b
July NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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L.L. (Chick) Gaddy llg_rugelsragwort
July-August? NC-TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Phyllaries in 1-2 series, erect (spreading in age), distinct, lance-linear to linear, equal, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm190914_1488
September Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm190914_1496
September Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm190914_1499
September Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm190914_1501
September Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Locally abundant in high-elevation spruce-fir forests in the Smokies, per Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962).
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JK Marlow jkm190914_1512
September Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Rugel's Ragwort is known only from the high elevations of the Smokies, per Alpine South: Plants and Plant Communities of the High Elevations of the Southern Appalachians (Gaddy, 2014).
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JK Marlow jkm190914_1514
September Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Leaves broadly ovate, 3-6" long, coarsely toothed, long-petioled, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm190914_1515
September Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm190914_1517
September Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Achenes are brown, smooth & cylindric; pappus is 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 jkm190914_1562
September Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Stem leaves alternate, bract-like, much smaller than the basal leaves, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rugelia nudicaulis
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rugelia nudicaulis
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rugelia nudicaulis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Rugelia nudicaulis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Cacalia rugelia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-19-010:
Senecio rugelia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Senecio rugelia
1907
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: High elevation forests and openings, primarily in spruce-fir forests, but extending in places downslope into northern hardwood forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
A combination of evergreen & deciduous
Simple
Mostly basal (stem leaves alternate and bractlike)
Basal leaves have long petioles; stem leaves are sessile.
FLOWER:
Summer
Disc: Yellow
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p100
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p288
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p322
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p372
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p183
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