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Senecio smallii, commonly known as Small's Ragwort (also called Appalachian Ragwort, Plain Ragwort, or Southern Ragwort, and often classified as Packera anonyma), is a native perennial wildflower in the Aster family featuring bright yellow, daisy-like composite flowers with ray and disc florets in loose, branching clusters of 15–100 or more blooms. It produces these cheerful golden-yellow flowers primarily in spring (April to June, sometimes into early summer), providing early-season color and attracting pollinators such as bees and butterflies. The plant has a basal rosette of serrated, narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate or somewhat heart-shaped green leaves that persist, with smaller, alternate stem leaves that may be toothed or lobed, adding textured foliage interest. This adaptable herb grows in a variety of drier habitats including rock outcrops, roadsides, open woodlands, disturbed areas, and rocky upland forests, thriving in full sun to partial shade with well-drained soils. Low-maintenance and resilient, Small's Ragwort offers early spring beauty in naturalized gardens, meadows, or woodland edges, closely resembling its relative golden ragwort but distinguished by its habitat preferences and leaf characteristics.
ORIGIN - NC Native
EXPOSURE PREFERENCE - Full sun, tolerates am shade
FLOWER COLOR - yellow
HEIGHT - 12-24"
HABIT - semi-evergreen
MOISTURE - moist/well drained
HARDINESS ZONES - 3-8
Senecio smallii, commonly known as Small's Ragwort (also called Appalachian Ragwort, Plain Ragwort, or Southern Ragwort, and often classified as Packera anonyma), is a native perennial wildflower in the Aster family featuring bright yellow, daisy-like composite flowers with ray and disc florets in loose, branching clusters of 15–100 or more blooms. It produces these cheerful golden-yellow flowers primarily in spring (April to June, sometimes into early summer), providing early-season color and attracting pollinators such as bees and butterflies. The plant has a basal rosette of serrated, narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate or somewhat heart-shaped green leaves that persist, with smaller, alternate stem leaves that may be toothed or lobed, adding textured foliage interest. This adaptable herb grows in a variety of drier habitats including rock outcrops, roadsides, open woodlands, disturbed areas, and rocky upland forests, thriving in full sun to partial shade with well-drained soils. Low-maintenance and resilient, Small's Ragwort offers early spring beauty in naturalized gardens, meadows, or woodland edges, closely resembling its relative golden ragwort but distinguished by its habitat preferences and leaf characteristics.
ORIGIN - NC Native
EXPOSURE PREFERENCE - Full sun, tolerates am shade
FLOWER COLOR - yellow
HEIGHT - 12-24"
HABIT - semi-evergreen
MOISTURE - moist/well drained
HARDINESS ZONES - 3-8