'' Packera plattensis'', commonly known as prairie ragwort or prairie groundsel, is a
species of the genus ''
Packera'' and family
Asteraceae. It used to be placed in the genus ''
Senecio''.
Prairie groundsel is found throughout the
tallgrass prairie region. It blooms fairly early for a prairie wildflower: from April to July depending on the climate.
It is easily confused with golden ragwort (''
Packera aurea
''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 ro ...
'') which has a hairless stem and heart-shaped basal leaves, and ''
Senecio integerrimus'', which has leaves that are mostly entire instead of fern-like, and much larger basal leaves.
References
External links
plattensis
Flora of the Great Plains (North America)
Flora of the United States
Taxa named by Thomas Nuttall
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