Index / Search / Packera glabella
§1 Plant
Packera glabella (Poir.) C. Jeffrey
vernacular butterweed — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Packera
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 518 counties across 19 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- None
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- 32 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 160 min.
- Precipitation
- 30–50 in/yr
- pH range
- 4–7.5
- Root depth
- 14 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Bunch
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 3.2 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Spring
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 450,000
- Propagation
- seed, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 518 counties across 19 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 56 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Chicot 05017
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crittenden 05035
- Cross 05037
- Dallas 05039
- Desha 05041
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lafayette 05073
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Little River 05081
- Lonoke 05085
- Miller 05091
- Mississippi 05093
- Monroe 05095
- Montgomery 05097
- Nevada 05099
- Ouachita 05103
- Perry 05105
- Phillips 05107
- Poinsett 05111
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Saline 05125
- Sebastian 05131
- Sevier 05133
- Sharp 05135
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Woodruff 05147
- Yell 05149
Florida view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Collier 12021
- Dixie 12029
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Glades 12043
- Hardee 12049
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Baldwin 13009
- Bartow 13015
- Bibb 13021
- Brooks 13027
- Camden 13039
- Chatham 13051
- Clarke 13059
- Cobb 13067
- Columbia 13073
- Decatur 13087
- Dodge 13091
- Dougherty 13095
- Elbert 13105
- Glynn 13127
- Grady 13131
- Jackson 13157
- Jefferson 13163
- Jenkins 13165
- Johnson 13167
- Lee 13177
- Morgan 13211
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Putnam 13237
- Spalding 13255
- Walker 13295
- Washington 13303
- Wilkes 13317
Illinois view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clay 17025
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Hamilton 17065
- Hardin 17069
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Knox 17095
- Lawrence 17101
- Livingston 17105
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- Montgomery 17135
- Moultrie 17139
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Carroll 18015
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Dubois 18037
- Floyd 18043
- Gibson 18051
- Greene 18055
- Harrison 18061
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Jackson 18071
- Jefferson 18077
- Knox 18083
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marion 18097
- Martin 18101
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Morgan 18109
- Orange 18117
- Owen 18119
- Perry 18123
- Pike 18125
- Posey 18129
- Putnam 18133
- Spencer 18147
- Sullivan 18153
- Union 18161
- Vanderburgh 18163
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warrick 18173
- Washington 18175
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Breckinridge 21027
- Bullitt 21029
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Carlisle 21039
- Carroll 21041
- Carter 21043
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Crittenden 21055
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Fulton 21075
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Henderson 21101
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Hopkins 21107
- Jefferson 21111
- Kenton 21117
- Livingston 21139
- Lyon 21143
- Marshall 21157
- McCracken 21145
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Montgomery 21173
- Ohio 21183
- Oldham 21185
- Perry 21193
- Trigg 21221
- Trimble 21223
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
Louisiana view state ↗ 63 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Assumption 22007
- Avoyelles 22009
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. James 22093
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Baton Rouge 22121
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Andrew 29003
- Atchison 29005
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Buchanan 29021
- Butler 29023
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Chariton 29041
- Clay 29047
- Cole 29051
- Dunklin 29069
- Holt 29087
- Howard 29089
- Howell 29091
- Jackson 29095
- Jefferson 29099
- Lafayette 29107
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Madison 29123
- Mississippi 29133
- Montgomery 29139
- New Madrid 29143
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Pemiscot 29155
- Perry 29157
- Pettis 29159
- Pike 29163
- Platte 29165
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Scott 29201
- Shelby 29205
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Warren 29219
- Wayne 29223
Nebraska view state ↗ 3 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 13 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Chester 45023
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dorchester 45035
- Edgefield 45037
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenwood 45047
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Laurens 45059
- Lexington 45063
- Newberry 45071
- Orangeburg 45075
- Richland 45079
- Sumter 45085
- Williamsburg 45089
Tennessee view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Bedford 47003
- Benton 47005
- Bledsoe 47007
- Carroll 47017
- Cheatham 47021
- Chester 47023
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- Dyer 47045
- Fayette 47047
- Franklin 47051
- Gibson 47053
- Giles 47055
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardeman 47069
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Henderson 47077
- Henry 47079
- Hickman 47081
- Houston 47083
- Humphreys 47085
- Lake 47095
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lawrence 47099
- Lincoln 47103
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- McNairy 47109
- Montgomery 47125
- Obion 47131
- Perry 47135
- Rhea 47143
- Rutherford 47149
- Sequatchie 47153
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Wayne 47181
- Weakley 47183
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PAGL17 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3113939 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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