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Packera fendleri is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Fendler's ragwort. It is native to the southern Rocky Mountains , and is found in the states of Colorado , Wyoming and New Mexico , where it is a common plant that occurs in a variety of habitats. [ 1 ]
Packera is a genus of about 75 species of plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae. [1] Most species are commonly called ragworts or grounsels. Its members were previously included in the genus Senecio (where they were called aureoid senecios by Asa Gray), but were moved to a different genus based on chromosome numbers, a variety of morphological characters, and molecular phylogenetic evidence.
Its common names include balsam ragwort and balsam groundsel. [2] It is a perennial herb that grows 1–3 feet (0.30–0.91 metres) tall. [3] Its habitats include wet meadows, open woodlands, and rocky outcrops. [4] It flowers as early as April in the southern part of its range, and as late as August in the northern part of its range. [1] [5]
The seedlings of S. ampullaceus often have a purplish color on the undersides of their leaves in the winter, especially along their midrib. [3] Flowering in early–mid spring, [7] Texas ragwort is a tall annual, [8] growing to from 20 centimeters (7.9 in) to 80 centimeters (31 in) tall and similar to S. quaylei.
Senecio flaccidus, formerly recorded as Senecio douglasii (in honor of the botanist David Douglas), member of the daisy family and genus Senecio also known as threadleaf ragwort [3] (and threadleaf groundsel, bush senecio, creek senecio, shrubby butterweed, comb butterweed, smooth threadleaf ragwort, Mono ragwort, Douglas ragwort, Douglas groundsel, sand wash groundsel, felty groundsel, old ...
Packera aurea (formerly Senecio aureus), commonly known as golden ragwort or simply ragwort, is a perennial flower in the family Asteraceae.. It is also known as golden groundsel, squaw weed, life root, golden Senecio, uncum, uncum root, waw weed, false valerian, cough weed, female regulator, cocash weed, ragweed, staggerwort, and St. James wort.
Senecio ampullaceus, Texas ragwort; Senecio cambrensis, Welsh ragwort; Senecio squalidus, Oxford ragwort; Senecio viscosus, sticky ragwort; Certain members of the genus Jacobaea (a segregate of Senecio): Jacobaea vulgaris, (common) ragwort or, only in the USA tansy ragwort, a very common wild flower in Europe, widely naturalised elsewhere
Packera macounii is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name Siskiyou Mountains ragwort. It is native to the west coast of North America from British Columbia to far northern California , where it grows in chaparral and mountain forests, often on serpentine soils .