Asteraceae
Fendler's ragwort
Packera fendleri
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Packera
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Fendler's ragwort
Synonyms
- Senecio canovirens Rydb.
- Senecio fendleri A.Gray
- Senecio fendleri var. fendleri
- Senecio fendleri var. molestus Greenm.
- Senecio nelsonii Rydb.
- Senecio nelsonii var. nelsonii
- Senecio rosulatus Rydb.
- Senecio rosulatus var. rosulatus
- Senecio salicinus Rydb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos

Photo: JerryFriedman, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JerryFriedman, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JerryFriedman, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.