Connu comme étant toxique - Toxic to mammals if ingested.
Plant Names
Packera aurea
Golden Groundsel
Séneçon doré
Synonyms
golden ragwort
Plant Characteristics
Couleur de floraison: Jaune
Bloom Period: May - May
Hauteur max: 3,0 feet
Max Width: 2,0 feet (spreads by rhizome)
Light Condition:
Plus de 6 heures d'ensoleillement par jour
More than 2 or 3 hours but less than 6 hours of direct sun a day
Soil conditions:
Tolerates medium soil condition
Plus de 6 heures d'ensoleillement par jour
More than 2 or 3 hours but less than 6 hours of direct sun a day
Tolerates medium soil condition
Lifespan:
Vivace
des plantes qui reviennent année après année
Gardener Experience:
Spreads by rhizome
Facile à germer
Self-seeding
Spreads by rhizome
Facile à germer
Self-seeding
Landscape Uses:
Souhaitable dans les jardins de zone humide
Suitable for rain gardens
Suitable for container garden
Tolerates boulevard garden conditions
Souhaitable dans les jardins de zone humide
Suitable for rain gardens
Suitable for container garden
Tolerates boulevard garden conditions
Ecological Benefits:
No ecological benefits information available.
Tolerates:
Deer resistant
Rabbit resistant
Tolerates acidic soil conditions
Tolerates transplantation
Deer resistant
Rabbit resistant
Tolerates acidic soil conditions
Tolerates transplantation
Special Features and Considerations:
This plant causes skin rashes
This plant causes skin rashes
Seed and plant distribution status
No seeds available for this plant.
Nous acceptions les semences de cette plante
Faits intéressants
Golden groundsel is a woodland and wetland perennial native to moist forests, floodplains, stream banks, and swamps.
Bright golden-yellow flowers appear in spring above attractive evergreen basal leaves, providing one of the earliest displays of colour in the native garden.
Golden groundsel is highly effective for suppressing weeds, stabilizing soil, and filling difficult shady areas. It is one of the most valuable early spring wildflowers for pollinators. Its flowers attract native bees, bumble bees, mining bees, hoverflies, butterflies, and beneficial wasps when few other native plants are in bloom. It also supports several native moth caterpillars. The dense evergreen foliage provides shelter for frogs, toads, salamanders, ground beetles, and other beneficial wildlife.
Bright golden-yellow flowers appear in spring above attractive evergreen basal leaves, providing one of the earliest displays of colour in the native garden.
Golden groundsel is highly effective for suppressing weeds, stabilizing soil, and filling difficult shady areas. It is one of the most valuable early spring wildflowers for pollinators. Its flowers attract native bees, bumble bees, mining bees, hoverflies, butterflies, and beneficial wasps when few other native plants are in bloom. It also supports several native moth caterpillars. The dense evergreen foliage provides shelter for frogs, toads, salamanders, ground beetles, and other beneficial wildlife.
Plant Location
Native to Ottawa region: Oui
Distribution according to VASCAN
Ephemeral
Native
Introduced
Excluded
Extirpated
Doubtful
Absent
Canadensis
Thrives in Ecozones
- Maritime de l'Atlantique
- Bouclier boréal
- Plaines à forêts mixtes
Ecological Benefits
Butterflies Supported by Packera aurea
No butterfly data available for this plant.
Specialized Bees Supported by Packera aurea
No bee data available for this plant.
Complementary Plants
- No complementary plants found.
Substitute For Non-Native Plants
- Oenothera fructicosa (Sundrops Cultivars)
- Lamium (Dead nettle)
- Lysimachia nummularia (Creeping Jenny)
- Myosotis sylvatica (Forget-me-not)
- NA (Coreopsis cultivars)
- Gaillardia (Blanket Flower)
- Potentilla (Non-Native Potentilla)
- Leucanthemum (Shasta Daisy)
- Gerbera (Gerbera Daisy)
- NA (Non-native False Sunflower)
- Symphiotrichum (Non-Native Aster)
- Hesperis matronalis (Dame Rocket)
Sowing Information
Download Seed Envelope Labels (PDF)
- Sowing depth: Surface sow
- Sow by February
- Stratification duration: 60 days
- Self-seeding
Harvesting and Seed Sharing
- Harvest start month: July
- Harvesting indicator:
- Seeds have become fluffy and can be easily removed by shaking on gently pulling off from stem
- Harvesting:
- Secouer le porte-graines dans un sac de papier
- Seed viability test:
- Pas de test requis avant le don
- Packaging measure: 1 rounded 1/8 teaspoon
- Seed storage:
- Sécher à l'air dans un sac en papier ou contenant ouvert, pour quelques jours jusqu'à sec
- Secouer de temps à autre pour prévenir la moisissure
- Cultivar: Yes, do not donate unless you know source, and there are no known cultivars in your garden or at proximity
- Harvesting video: Watch here
Toxicity Notes
Toxic to mammals if ingested.