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Packera glabella

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Tribe
  
Senecioneae

Scientific name
  
Packera glabella

Rank
  
Species

Subfamily
  
Asteroideae

Genus
  
Packera

Higher classification
  
Packera

Order
  
Asterales

Packera glabella FilePackera glabellajpg Wikimedia Commons

Similar
  
Packera, Daisy family, Krigia biflora, Helenium flexuosum, Krigia

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.

Packera glabella Butterweed Packera glabella

Distribution

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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.

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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
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Packera glabella Packera glabella Butterweed NPIN

Packera glabella Butterweed Packera glabella

References

Packera glabella Wikipedia
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