Asteraceae

Elegant groundsel

Packera indecora (Greene) Á.Löve & D.Löve

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Packera

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Elegant groundsel (Packera indecora) — FlowerPhoto: Donald Hampton, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (1)

English: Elegant groundsel, Plains ragwort

Synonyms

Senecio burkei Greenm.
Senecio idahoensis Rydb.
Senecio indecorus Greene
Senecio indecorus f. burkei Fernald
Senecio indecorus f. indecorus
Senecio pauciflorus subsp. fallax Greenm.

Flowers

In flower: June to July (from 16 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Donald Hampton, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: no rights reserved, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jonny Tostenson, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dustin Snider, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sarah Johnson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sarah Johnson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: dougbrown, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Rob Foster, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dustin Snider, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sarah Johnson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.