Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Packera obovata (Muhl. ex Willd.) W.A. Weber & A. Löve

Family: Asteraceae

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Jacobea obovata, Senecio aureus var. obvatus, Senecio elongatus Pursh, Senecio obovatus Muhl., Senecio obovatus Muhl. ex Willd. var. elliottii (Torr. & Gray) Fern., Senecio obovatus Muhl. ex Willd. var. rotundus Britton, Senecio rotundus (Britton) Small

Common names:

Long-stem groundsel (1840) (19)

Old Robert's root (1876) (92)

Roberts root (1828) (7)

Round-leaf groundsel [Roundleaf groundsel] (1923-1986) (3, 4, 138)

Round-leaf ragwort [Roundleaf ragwort] (Present) (50)

Round-leaf squaw-weed [Round-leaf squaw weed] (1907-1937) (5, 72, 97)

Squaw-weed [Squaw weed] (1876) (92)

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