Packera paupercula (Michaux) Á. Löve & D. Löve var. paupercula . Common name: Northern Meadow Groundsel, Balsam Ragwort. Phenology: Apr-May. Habitat: Thickets, meadows, glades, generally over circumneutral soils derived from calcareous or mafic rocks. Distribution: NL (Labrador) west to AK, south to GA, Panhandle FL (Bay County), AL, and OR.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: This taxon is heterogeneous and needs additional study.

Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, NY, Tn, Va, Kowal & Mahoney (2016), Mahoney & Kowal (2008); < Packera paupercula (Michx.) Á.Löve & D.Löve — Fl7, FNA20, NE, Pa, WH3, Barkley (1978), Barkley (1999); > Packera paupercula (Michx.) Á.Löve & D.Löve var. balsamitae (Muhl. ex Willd.) Mohlenbr. — Il; > Packera paupercula (Michx.) Á.Löve & D.Löve var. paupercula — Il; > Senecio gaspensis Greenm. var. firmifolius (Greenm.) Fernald — F; > Senecio gaspensis Greenm. var. gaspensis — F; < Senecio pauperculus Michx. — C, G, GrPl, GW2, Oh3, RAB, S, SE1; > Senecio pauperculus Michx. var. balsamitae (Muhl. ex Willd.) Fernald — F, Tat; > Senecio pauperculus Michx. var. neoscoticus Fernald — F; > Senecio pauperculus Michx. var. pauperculus — F; > Senecio pauperculus Michx. var. praelongus (Greenm.) House — F. Basionym: Senecio pauperculus Michx. 1803

Links to other floras: < Packera paupercula - FNA20

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Great Plains: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Midwest: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Northcentral & Northeast: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 8