Asteraceae
Balsam groundsel
Packera paupercula
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Packera
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Balsam groundsel, Balsam ragwort
Synonyms
- Packera paupercula var. paupercula
- Senecio aureus var. pauperculus (Michx.) MacMill.
- Senecio balsamitae Muhl. ex Willd.
- Senecio balsamitae var. balsamitae
- Senecio balsamitae var. firmifolius Greenm.
- Senecio balsamitae var. thomsoniensis Greenm.
- Senecio crawfordii Britton
- Senecio flavovirens Rydb.
- Senecio flavovirens var. flavovirens
- Senecio gaspensis Greenm.
- Senecio gaspensis f. gaspensis
- Senecio gaspensis var. gaspensis
- Senecio multnomensis Greenm.
- Senecio pauperculus Michx.
- Senecio pauperculus f. pauperculus
- Senecio pauperculus subsp. pauperculus
- Senecio pauperculus var. balsamitae Fernald
- Senecio pauperculus var. pauperculus
- Senecio pauperculus var. praelongus House
- Senecio pauperculus var. thomsoniensis (Greenm.) B.Boivin
- Senecio robbinsii var. subtomentosus Peck
- Senecio tweedyi Rydb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Pieter Pelser, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pieter Pelser, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pieter Pelser, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pieter Pelser, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.