PLANTS Profile for Packera aurea (golden ragwort)

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Packera aurea (L.) Á. Löve & D. Löve
golden ragwort

Symbol:

PAAU3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

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Line Drawing of Packera aurea (L.) Á. Löve & D. Löve

Senecio aureus

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 544. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Packera aurea (L.) Á. Löve & D. Löve

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Synonyms:
Packera aurea (L.) Á. Löve & D. Löve

	SEAU2	Senecio aureus L.
	SEAUA	Senecio aureus L. var. aquilonius Fernald
	SEAUG	Senecio aureus L. var. gracilis (Pursh) Hook.
	SEAUI	Senecio aureus L. var. intercursus Fernald
	SEGR8	Senecio gracilis Pursh

Distribution:
Packera aurea (L.) Á. Löve & D. Löve


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Packera aurea (L.) Á. Löve & D. Löve

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 55 species in Packera

Classification:
Packera aurea (L.) Á. Löve & D. Löve

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Packera Á. Löve & D. Löve – ragwort
Species	Packera aurea (L.) Á. Löve & D. Löve – golden ragwort

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Packera aurea (L.) Á. Löve & D. Löve

Senecio aureus:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Packera aurea (L.) Á. Löve & D. Löve

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 518139.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/25/2013 05:24 PM CDT