Blooms good for color in shady spots. Colonizes quickly once established as an effective evergreen ground cover. Cut back bloom stalks after seed dispersal to prolong blooms or leave seed heads to feed wildlife. Propagation: Seed, Root division.
Comments
Blooms February-June. Colonizes and spreads by runners but easy to control. A good herb-layer groundcover. Has an round, evergreen rosette leaves most of the year. Yellow flowers bloom in early Spring and attract butterflies & nectar insects. Can be hard to find at nurseries, but well worth the hunt. Creates a yellow glow in spring when planted en masse. Deer resistance moderate.
Previous Scientific Name(s): Synonym(s): Senecio obovatus, Senecio obovatus var. elliottii, Senecio obovatus var. rotundus, Senecio rotundus
References
1) Griffith, Bryce, Omernick & Rodgers (2007). Ecoregions of Texas. 2) https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PAOB6. 3) https://portal.torcherbaria.org/portal/taxa/index.php?taxon=Packera+obovata&formsubmit=Search+Terms. 4) http://bonap.net/TDC/Image/Map?taxonType=Species&taxonId=3903&locationType=County&mapType=Normal. 5) https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=565368#null, 6) Native and Adapted Landscape Plants, City of Austin and Texas A&M, 2014.