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Asteraceae
Packera

not marked as a favorite taxon Packera obovata (Muhlenberg ex Willdenow) W.A. Weber & Á. Löve. Common name: Roundleaf Groundsel, Roundleaf Ragwort, Running Ragwort. Phenology: (Late Feb-) Mar-Jun. Habitat: Nutrient rich forests and woodlands (dry or moist), usually over calcareous or mafic rocks. Distribution: VT west to KS, south to Panhandle FL and TX.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Fl7, FNA20, Il, K4, Mi, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, Tn, Va, WH3, Barkley (1999), Kowal & Mahoney (2016); = n/a — Tat; = Senecio obovatus Muhl. ex Willd. — C, GrPl, Oh3, RAB, SE1, Barkley (1978); > Senecio obovatus Muhl. ex Willd. — S; > Senecio obovatus Muhl. ex Willd. var. elliottii (Torr. & A.Gray) Fernald — F, G, WV; > Senecio obovatus Muhl. ex Willd. var. obovatus — F, G, WV; > Senecio obovatus Muhl. ex Willd. var. rotundus Britton — F; > Senecio rotundus (Britton) Small — S; Senecio obovatus Muhl. ex Willd. Basionym: Senecio obovatus Muhl. ex Willd. 1803

Links to other floras: = Packera obovata - FNA20

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
  • Great Plains: FACU
  • Midwest: FACU
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU

Heliophily ⓘ: 4

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect, often colonial perennial of nutrient-rich forests and woodlands (dry or moist), usually over calcareous or mafic rocks.

Stems: Stems branched in inflorescence, hairy when young, later smooth; forming large colonies via stolons or creeping rhizomes.

Leaves: Basal leaves on winged petioles (sometimes cobwebby-hairy), broadly oval to rounded, 1 1/2-4 in. long; stem leaves few, elliptic in outline, to 2 1/2 in. long, variably pinnately lobed or toothed.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Composite flowers (heads) in a flat-topped, branching, terminal cluster; heads 1/2-1 in. wide, consisting of 8-16 yellow ray florets encircling a slightly domed central disk of tiny, orange-yellow, tubular florets.

Fruits: Fruit a small, tufted achene.

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Height: 8-28 in.

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description: Erect, often colonial perennial of nutrient-rich forests and woodlands (dry or moist), usually over calcareous or mafic rocks.

stems: Stems branched in inflorescence, hairy when young, later smooth; forming large colonies via stolons or creeping rhizomes.

leaves: Basal leaves on winged petioles (sometimes cobwebby-hairy), broadly oval to rounded, 1 1/2-4 in. long; stem leaves few, elliptic in outline, to 2 1/2 in. long, variably pinnately lobed or toothed.

inflorescence:

flowers: Composite flowers (heads) in a flat-topped, branching, terminal cluster; heads 1/2-1 in. wide, consisting of 8-16 yellow ray florets encircling a slightly domed central disk of tiny, orange-yellow, tubular florets.

fruits: Fruit a small, tufted achene.

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