Roundleaf Ragwort

Synonyms:   Running Groundsel

Scientific Name:   Packera obovata
Altenative names, synonyms, exist for this plant. See RPC Plant Details and check the refernce websites for additional information.


Alternate Scientific Name (Synonym):  Senecio obovatus

Aster family (flower heads composed of multiple florets, often disk flowers or both disk and ray flowers).

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Roundleaf Ragwort


Genus species: Packera obovata
     Synonym: Senecio obovatus
Synonym Note: Previous name
Common Names: Roundleaf Ragwort,Running Groundsel
Family Name: Asteraceae  
Flowers of two basic types: 1) disk florets with tubular corollas, and 2) ray florets with ligulate corollas. Heads are composed of exclusively one type or the other (discoid or ligulate), or typically with disk florets in the center and ray florets around the perimeter; fruit an achene (or cypsela).
Seed Type Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:Yellow
Identified by:J.D. Mancini
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