Packera glabella

Packera glabella
Butterweed
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Genus: Packera
Species: P. glabella
Binomial name
Packera glabella[1]
(Poir.) C. Jeffrey
Synonyms

Senecio glabellus Pior.
Senecio lobatus Pers.[2]
Senecio carolinianus Spreng.
Senecio densiflorus Mart.
Senecio lobatus Pers.
Senecio lyratus Michx.
Senecio mississipianus DC.[3]

Packera glabella (formerly Senecio glabellus) is one of several plants with the common name butterweed, this one has also been called cressleaf groundsel and yellowtop. It is native to central and southeastern North America.[4]

Distribution

Butterweed is found from Texas north to South Dakota and east to Ohio with a disjunct population in Delaware. It grows in clay and loam soils in disturbed areas and in prairie and floodplain habitats.

Native
Nearctic:
Northeastern U.S.A.: Indiana
North-Central U.S.A.: Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma
Southeastern U.S.A.: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina
South-Central U.S.A.: Texas

References

External links

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