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Prairie groundsel

Packera plattensis

Also called Prairie ragwort, Platte River Groundsel, Plains Butterweed

Prairie groundsel
Photo: Pieter Pelser, CC BY 3.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Fern
Native range
C. & E. Canada to U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

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.

Other Packera plants

Packera actinella · Small's ragwort · Shale barren ragwort · Golden ragwort · San Bernardino ragwort · Bolander's ragwort · Brewer's ragwort · Woolly groundsel · Bittercress ragwort · Beaver Mountain ragwort · Cleveland's ragwort · Widehead groundsel

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Packera plattensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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