Butterweed
Packera glabella
Butterweed is a fast annual that floods wet bottomlands and ditches with bright golden flat-topped flowers in spring, an early nectar source that self-sows freely on moist, sunny ground.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 3.2–3.2 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- wet, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- February, March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border, rain garden
- Native states
- AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NE, OH, OK, SC, SD, TN, TX
Related native plants
More Packera species
- Golden Ragwort (Packera aurea)
- Round-leaved Ragwort (Packera obovata)
- Prairie Groundsel (Packera plattensis)