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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Asteraceae
Packera paupercula (Michx.) A.Löve & D.Löve
balsam groundsel, balsam ragwort, northern meadow groundsel, northern ragwort
Packera: after John G. Packer, a Canadian biosystematist
paupercula: little-poor
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 4"-24" tall forb forming dense colonies |
| Flower: | head 1/2" -1 1/4" wide with 0, 8 or 13 yellow rays more than 1/4" long, bracts (phyllaries) with purple tips; inflorescence clusters with less than 20 heads; blooms May-Aug. |
| Fruit: | dry seed on fluffy pappus |
| Leaf: | basal leaves small, oval, tapering to the stalk, stem leaves mostly pinnately-lobed and getting smaller toward the top |
| Habitat: | wet to moderate moisture; prairies, meadows; in rocky, loamy soil |
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