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Golden Ragwort

Packera aurea

Golden ragwort forms a dense, weed-suppressing carpet of heart-shaped evergreen basal leaves, topped in early spring by bright yellow daisy clusters on slender stems. An exceptionally versatile native groundcover for moist or seasonally wet shade, spreading reliably via stolons and rhizomes. Unpalatable to deer and rabbits due to toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids.

Family

Asteraceae

Type

wildflower

Lifespan

perennial

Height

0.5–2.5 ft

Spacing

0.5–1.5 ft apart

Light

sun, part shade, shade

Soil moisture

moist

Soil pH

acidic, neutral, alkaline

Bloom

March, April, May, June, July, August

Bloom colors

yellow

Wildlife value

butterflies, pollinators, songbirds

Landscape uses

border, naturalizing, rain garden

Native states

AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV