Scientific Name
Senecio aureus
Common Name
Golden ragwort
Wildflowers
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Height:
1 to 2 feet
Flower/fruit:
Flat-topped cluster of daisy-like flower heads; petals and disk flowers are yellow
Flowering Season:
Late spring into summer
Foliage:
Several long, thin stems; heart-shaped basal leaves are bluntly toothed, slender-stalked and are 2 to 4 inches long; reddish below
Site:
Wet meadows, rich, moist woods, swamps, bogs
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