Rugelia nudicaulis Shuttleworth ex Chapman. Common name: Rugelia, Rugel's Ragwort, Winter-well.
Sachsia
A genus
Phenology: Jun-Aug. Habitat: High elevation forests and openings, primarily in spruce-fir forests, but extending in places downslope into northern hardwood forests. Distribution: The genus and species is endemic to the Great Smoky Mountains of w. NC and e. TN, all known populations within Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Other Comments: Where it occurs, it is usually locally abundant, often even the dominant herb. The basal rosettes are evergreen, and are conspicuous in all seasons.
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA20, K4, Tn, Barkley (1999), Bremer (1994); = Cacalia rugelia (A.Gray) T.M.Barkley & Cronquist — SE1, W, Pippen (1978); = Senecio rugelia A.Gray — RAB, S
Links to other floras: = Rugelia nudicaulis - FNA20
Heliophily ⓘ: 6
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Horticultural Information
Intro | Stems | Leaves | Inforescence | Flowers | Fruits | Comments | Height | plant sale text | bloom table text | description | stems | leaves | inflorescence | flowers | fruits | comments | cultural notes | germination code | native range |
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Tufted perennial of high-elevation forests and openings, primarily in spruce-fir forests, but extending in places down slope into northern hardwood forests; extremely rare. | Stems mostly naked flowering stalks from rosette of leaves, cobwebby-hairy below and glandular-hairy above. | Leaves mostly basal, petiolate, oval with pointed tip, 2-6 in. long, toothed, cobwebby-hairy; the few stem leaves are much smaller and sessile. | Composite flowers (heads) nodding or held face-forward in a loosely branching terminal cluster. Heads 1 in. or less wide, consisting of tightly packed, pale yellow, tubular disk florets surrounded by a series of glandular-hairy, green, lance-linear bracts, which are slightly shorter than the florets. | Known mostly from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park region on the North Carolina-Tennessee border. | 11-18 in. | Tufted perennial of high-elevation forests and openings, primarily in spruce-fir forests, but extending in places down slope into northern hardwood forests; extremely rare. | Stems mostly naked flowering stalks from rosette of leaves, cobwebby-hairy below and glandular-hairy above. | Leaves mostly basal, petiolate, oval with pointed tip, 2-6 in. long, toothed, cobwebby-hairy; the few stem leaves are much smaller and sessile. | Composite flowers (heads) nodding or held face-forward in a loosely branching terminal cluster. Heads 1 in. or less wide, consisting of tightly packed, pale yellow, tubular disk florets surrounded by a series of glandular-hairy, green, lance-linear bracts, which are slightly shorter than the florets. | Known mostly from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park region on the North Carolina-Tennessee border. |
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