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Rugel's Indianplantain, Rugel's Ragwort (Rugelia nudicaulis) Swain Co., NC 12 July 2011 Ray flowers are absent. Treated variously as Senecio rugelia or Cacalia rugelia, current evidences supports elevating this taxon to a monotypic genus. | |
Rugel's Indianplantain, Rugel's Ragwort (Rugelia nudicaulis) Swain Co., NC 12 July 2011 Rugelia nudicaulis is endemic to the Great Smoky Mountains of western NC & eastern TN. | |
Rugel's Indianplantain, Rugel's Ragwort (Rugelia nudicaulis) Swain Co., NC 12 July 2011 A few relatively small cauline leaves are present. | |
Rugel's Indianplantain, Rugel's Ragwort (Rugelia nudicaulis) Swain Co., NC 12 July 2011 Overall the plants grow to just a foot or two tall. |
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.
Created on ... July 24, 2011 | jeffpippen9@gmail.com