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.
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
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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