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Photographer: Christopher Noll
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Family Asteraceae
Packera aurea (L.) A.Löve & D.Löve
golden ragwort, heart-leaved groundsel
Packera: after John G. Packer, a Canadian biosystematist
aurea: Latin for "golden"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 6"-36" tall forb with branched or creeping rhizomes |
| Flower: | head 1/2"-1 1/3" wide with 10-13 yellow rays more than 1/4" long, bracts (phyllaries) with purple tips; inflorescence a cluster of several to many heads; blooms May-Aug. |
| Fruit: | dry seed on fluffy pappus |
| Leaf: | basal leaves long-stalked with a heart-shaped base, less than 1 1/2 times as long as wide; upper getting smaller, never clasping, often pinnately-lobed |
| Habitat: | wet, moist; woods, forests, meadows, streambanks |
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