Packera aurea

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Family:ASTERACEAE
Species:Packera aurea (L.) Á. Löve & D. Löve
Common Name:Golden Ragwort; Heartleaf Ragwort; Golden Groundsel
Habitat:Wet mucky soils.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:PAAU3
Plant Notes:Golden Ragwort is a native herbaceous perennial in the Sunflower family (Asteraceae). It is native to primarily the northern third of Alabama. Golden Ragwort occurs in hardwood floodplain forests, in low woods, and in wet pastures. It is a perennial with a short erect rhizome. It reproduces asexually from branched rhizomes or adventitious shoots, often forming large colonies. Leaves are basal and cauline. The basal leaves are petiolate, reniform with cordate bases, glabrous, with crenate margins. Each clump of basal leaves produces 1-5 erect, glabrous, green or purplish flowering stems. The cauline leaves are reduced in size and number. They are short petiolate or sessile, oblong to lyrate in outline, with 2-4 pairs of lateral lobes. The leaves are glabrous. Flowers are produced in heads. The heads are arranged in corymbs. Each head is subtended by 13-21 phyllaries that are green with black tips. There are 10-13 yellow ray flowers and 55-70 yellow disc flowers per head. The fruit is an achene. Golden Ragwort is available from some native plant nurseries. It prefers a wet to moist soil in full sun to partial shade. It blooms well in partial shade and can be naturalized under hardwoods in wet areas or along streams.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FACW (NWI), G5 (Global Rank)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyASTERACEAE - Aster family
Genus Packera
Species Packera aurea (L.) Á. Löve & D. Löve - Golden Ragwort; Heartleaf Ragwort; Golden Groundsel

Citation

Citation Packera aurea (Linnaeus) Á. Löve & D. Löve, Bot. Not. 128(4): 520. 1975 [1976].
Basionym: Senecio aureus L. 1753.
Type: USA: VIRGINIA: Without data, Clayton 249 (286?) (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Fernald, Rhodora 45: 495. 1943.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Senecio aureus var. aquilonius Senecio aureus Linnaeus, var. aquilonius Fernald, Rhodora 45: 500, pl. 803. 1943. CANADA: Quebec: Gaspe Co.: Low's trail from the forks of Riviere Ste. Anne des Monts to Table Topped Mountain, 14 Aug 1906, Fernald & Collins 766 (holotype: GH).
Senecio aureus var. ashei Senecio aureus Linnaeus, var. ashei Greenman, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 16: 406, pl. 35. 1929. VIRGINIA: Smyth Co.: Near Marion, s.d., Ashe s.n. (holotype: MO?).
Senecio aureus var. aurantiacus Senecio aureus Linnaeus, var. aurantiacus Farwell, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 74. 1930. MICHIGAN: Wayne Co.: Plymouth, 30 May 1929, Farwell 8378 (lectotype: BLH; isolectotype: MICH). Lectotypified by McVaugh et al., Cranbrook Inst. Sci. Bull. 34: 67. 1953.
Senecio rotundifolius Senecio rotundifolius Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 215. 1812, nom. illegit.Senecio aureus Linnaeus 1753. 
Senecio aureus Senecio aureus Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 870. 1753. VIRGINIA: Without data, Clayton 249 (286?) (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Fernald, Rhodora 45: 495. 1943.
Senecio aureus var. gracilis Senecio aureus Linnaeus, var. gracilis (Pursh) Hooker, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 333. 1833.Senecio gracilis Pursh 1814. 
Senecio aureus var. intercursus Senecio aureus Linnaeus, var. intercursus Fernald, Rhodora 45: 499, pl. 802. 1943. MASSACHUSETTS: Middlesex Co.: Tewksbury, 7 Jun 1902, Williams s.n. (holotype: GH).
Senecio gracilis Senecio gracilis Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 529. 1814. PENNSYLVANIA

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Blount, Colbert, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Macon, Madison, Shelby

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, JSU, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1971 - 1980

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
UNA00049192 Jackson 09 May 1980 Meigs, Russell A.
471		 UNA
Packera aurea (L.) A.& D. L÷ve
JSU118473 Shelby 4 Apr 1993 Whetstone, R. David
16343		 JSU
Packera aurea (Linnaeus) A. & D. Löve
JSU139779 Blount 27 Mar 1999 Keener, Brian R.
1838		 JSU
Packera aurea (Linnaeus) A. & D. Löve
UWAL0009746 Madison 27 Mar 2012 Keener, Brian R.
6970		 UWAL
Packera aurea (L.) A.& D. Löve
UWAL0013029 Macon 18 Mar 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
23839		 UWAL
Packera aurea (Linnaeus) A. & D. Löve
JSU118467 Jackson 29 Apr 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
587		 JSU
Packera aurea (Linnaeus) A. & D. Löve
UWAL0017130 Colbert 05 Apr 2014 England, J. Kevin
4780		 UWAL
Packera aurea (Linnaeus) A.&D. Love
UNA00017546 Jackson 28 Apr 1972 Kral, Robert
45794		 UNA
Packera aurea (L.) A.& D. L÷ve
TROY000037414 Macon 18 Mar 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
23839		 TROY
Packera aurea (Linnaeus) A. & D. Löve
UWAL0032275 Jackson 08 Apr 2016 England, J. Kevin
6159		 UWAL
Packera aurea (Linnaeus) Á. Löve & D. Löve
JSU118468 Lawrence 10 Apr 1969 Kral, Robert
34152		 JSU
Packera aurea (Linnaeus) A. & D. Löve
UNA00047547 Madison 29 Apr 1971 Simmers, Richard W.
2295		 UNA
Packera aurea (L.) A.& D. L÷ve
AMAL00024196 Macon 10 Mar 2017 Barger, T. Wayne
2944		 AMAL
Packera aurea (L.) A. & D. Löve
JSU118470 Madison 16 Apr 1996 Hruska, Susan E.
1010		 JSU
Packera aurea (Linnaeus) A. & D. Löve
UWAL0017283 Lawrence 05 Apr 2014 England, J. Kevin
4769		 UWAL
Packera aurea (Linnaeus) A. & D. Love
AMAL00003352 Lauderdale 16 Apr 2001 Threlkeld, S.J.
1401		 AMAL
Packera aurea (L.) A. & D. Löve
UNA00064714 Jackson 23 Mar 2006 Keener, Brian R.
2696		 UNA
Packera aurea (L.) A.& D. L÷ve
JSU118471 Madison 11 May 1996 Spaulding, Daniel D.
8298		 JSU
Packera aurea (Linnaeus) A. & D. Löve
AMAL00003353 Madison 11 May 1996 Spaulding, Daniel D.
8298		 AMAL
Packera aurea (L.) A. & D. Löve
UNA00049193 Lauderdale 05 May 1980 Meigs, Russell A.
374		 UNA
Packera aurea (L.) A.& D. L÷ve
UWAL0000875 Jackson 23 Mar 2006 Keener, Brian R.
2696		 UWAL
Packera aurea (L.) A. & D. Löve
TROY000050638 Lawrence 05 Apr 2014 England, J. Kevin
4769		 TROY
Packera aurea (Linnaeus) A. & D. Löve
USAM000002691 Lawrence 10 Apr 1969 Kral, Robert
34152		 USAM
Senecio aureus Linnaeus
AMAL00024197 Macon 10 Mar 2017 Barger, T. Wayne
2944		 AMAL
Packera aurea (L.) A. & D. Löve
TROY000015999 Jackson 23 Mar 2006 Keener, Brian R.
2696		 TROY
Packera aurea (Linnaeus) A. & D. Löve
JSU118469 Madison 6 Apr 1976 Atkinson, Tim A.
1235		 JSU
Packera aurea (Linnaeus) A. & D. Löve
AMAL00003351 Jackson 09 May 1980 Meigs, Russell A.
471		 AMAL
Packera aurea (L.) A. & D. Löve
TROY000036595 Madison 27 Mar 2012 Keener, Brian R.
6970		 TROY
Packera aurea (Linnaeus) A. & D. Löve
ALNHS00007298 Jackson 8 Apr 2019 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4347		 ALNHS
Packera aurea (L.) A.&D. Love
ALNHS00004803 Macon 10 Mar 2017 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2944		 ALNHS
Packera aurea (L.) A. & D. Löve
UWAL0034518 Lawrence 03 Apr 1995 Kral, Robert
84434		 UWAL
Packera aurea (L.) A.&D.Love
JSU118472 Madison 6 Apr 1976 Atkinson, Tim A.
1234		 JSU
Packera aurea (Linnaeus) A. & D. Löve
AMAL00010895 Jackson 23 Mar 2006 Keener, Brian R.
2696		 AMAL
Packera aurea (L.) A. & D. Löve
UNA00054252 Blount 27 Mar 1999 Keener, Brian R.
1838		 UNA
Packera aurea (L.) A.& D. L÷ve
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