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Asteraceae > Packera (formerly Senecio) (ragwort, groundsel) | |
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Small's Ragwort, Southern Ragwort (Packera anonyma, Senecio anonymus, Senecio smallii) Harnett Co., NC 21 May 2006 Statewide and common in North Carolina, Small's Ragwort grows in a variety of habitats from roadsides and other disturbed areas to forests. |
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Small's Ragwort, Southern Ragwort (Packera anonyma, Senecio anonymus, Senecio smallii) Harnett Co., NC 21 May 2006 |
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Small's Ragwort, Southern Ragwort (Packera anonyma, Senecio anonymus, Senecio smallii) Harnett Co., NC 21 May 2006 |
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Small's Ragwort, Southern Ragwort (Packera anonyma, Senecio anonymus, Senecio smallii) Harnett Co., NC 21 May 2006 |
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Small's Ragwort, Southern Ragwort (Packera anonyma, Senecio anonymus, Senecio smallii) Duke Forest, Durham Co., NC 5 June 2018 |
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Small's Ragwort, Southern Ragwort (Packera anonyma, Senecio anonymus, Senecio smallii) Duke Forest, Durham Co., NC 5 June 2018 |
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Small's Ragwort, Southern Ragwort (Packera anonyma, Senecio anonymus, Senecio smallii) Duke Forest, Durham Co., NC 5 June 2018 |
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Golden Ragwort (Packera aurea, Senecio aureus) Clay Co., NC 13 May 2006 Common in the western half of NC in various moist habitats. |
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Golden Ragwort (Packera aurea, Senecio aureus) Clay Co., NC 13 May 2006 |
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Golden Ragwort (Packera aurea, Senecio aureus) Clay Co., NC 13 May 2006 |
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Likely an undescribed species of Packera Clay Co., NC 14 May 2005 Possibly two undescribed species of Packera are rumored to exist in Clay Co., NC. These 6 photos appear to represent at least one of them. |
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Likely an undescribed species of Packera Clay Co., NC 14 May 2005 Note basal and cauline leaves present. Basal leaf bases are cordate but would be cuneate if this were P. paupercula. |
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Likely an undescribed species of Packera Clay Co., NC The following four photos are from the same general area (calcaerous, serpentine soils) as the two photos above. Note the plants above are fairly tomentose while these are not. The leaf bases, however are similar in the two populations. 19 May 2007 |
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Likely an undescribed species of Packera Clay Co., NC 19 May 2007 Note basal leaf bases. |
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Likely an undescribed species of Packera Clay Co., NC 19 May 2007 Cauline leaf |
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Likely an undescribed species of Packera Clay Co., NC 19 May 2007 |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.
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