Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Packera anonyma
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Read more about Small's Ragwort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Packera anonyma
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Packera anonyma
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Senecio anonymus
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-19-004:
Senecio smallii FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Senecio smallii
COMMON NAME:
Small's Ragwort, Squaw-weed, Appalachian Ragwort
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JK Marlow jkm0504b_09b
April Greenville County SC
Field
Basal leaves toothed or scalloped, some pinnately lobed, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
JK Marlow jkm120512_702b
May Greenville County SC
Fruit ellipsoid achenes; pappus a tuft of white bristles, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
JK Marlow jkm200516_4871
May Pickens County SC
8-15 ray flowers, 0.2-0.3" long, surround a disk 0.2-0.3" wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
JK Marlow s000510_a
May Greenville County SC
Usually 20-100 heads in a corymb-like inflorescence, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
JK Marlow s000510_c
May Greenville County SC
Cauline leaves few, deeply pinnatifid, becoming sessile above, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
JK Marlow s120524_a
May Greenville County SC
Elongate basal lvs with elliptic, blunt-tipped blades taper to long petioles, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Packera anonyma
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Packera anonyma
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Packera anonyma
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Senecio anonymus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-19-004:
Senecio smallii
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Senecio smallii
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