species 35,575 observations
Golden Ragwort
Packera aurea
Field notes
Packera aurea (formerly Senecio aureus), commonly known as golden ragwort or simply ragwort, is a perennial flower in the family Asteraceae.
It is also known as golden groundsel, squaw weed, life root, golden Senecio, uncum, uncum root, waw weed, false valerian, cough weed, female regulator, cocash weed, ragweed, staggerwort, and St. James wort.
It is native to eastern North America, from Labrador to Minnesota and from North Carolina to Arkansas (with additional populations in the panhandle of Florida).
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Caterpillars
Moths and butterflies raised on it
Phyllocnistis insignis
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Specialist bees
Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it
Andrena gardineri
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Hosted animals
Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it
Phyllotrox ferrugineus
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Plant eaters
Animals that feed on it
Common Flower Fly
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Flower visitors
Pollinators and other flower visitors
Ligated Furrow Bee, Margined Calligrapher, American Copper, Eastern Carpenter Bee
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Ground covers
- Light
- Full sun Part shade
- Moisture
- Moist
- Soil pH
- Acid
- Resists
- Wet soil
- Habit
- Clumping
- Plant type
- Wildflower Ground cover Herbaceous perennial Poisonous
From NC State Extension, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and USDA PLANTS.