Asteraceae
Woolly ragwort
Packera tomentosa
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Packera
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Woolly ragwort
Synonyms
- Cineraria dubia Spreng.
- Cineraria heterophylla Pursh
- Cineraria integrifolia Pursh
- Cineraria integrifolia var. minor Pursh
- Senecio alabamensis Britton ex Small
- Senecio dubius (Spreng.) L.C.Beck
- Senecio tomentosus Michx.
- Senecio tomentosus f. tomentosus
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Laura Clark, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: kcthetc1, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Scott Ward, CC BY 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.