Round-leaved Ragwort
Packera obovata
A superb native groundcover for shade. Evergreen rosettes of spoon-shaped leaves spread by stolons to carpet dry or moist slopes, erupting in bright golden-yellow daisy flowers in early spring. Highly deer-resistant and excellent for erosion control.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–1.5 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- alkaline
- Bloom
- February, March, April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- butterflies
- Landscape uses
- groundcover, naturalizing, rain garden
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, FL, GA, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MO, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WV