Packera aurea Golden Ragwort

Ohio Native Plant Natural Range

Visit the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service website to view the natural range of Packera aurea.
An overhead view of 30 or so Golden Ragwort yellow flowers that look like pinwheels.
Golden Ragwort's pinwheel yellow flowers are a welcome sight early in the spring.
Basal leaves of Packera aurea have very jagged edges and have a maroon hue to them.
Basal leaves of Packera aurea have a maroon hue to them; leaf margins are crenate meaning rounded teeth along edge

Cultivation Information Golden Ragwort



Height - 1 to 3 feetFlower Color - YellowBlooms - April to June - The beauty with Golden Ragwort is it provides nectar pollen very early in the spring Sun - Full sun part shade
Hardy Zone - 5 to 8Soil - Moist
Family - Asteraceae
Use - Ground Cover, Rain Gardens
Propagation - Self seeds easily - We have found that in our partly shady, moist garden is stays put and doesn't "wander". However, in Roger Dahlin’s moist, full sun garden Packera aurea has become especially prolific.
Four Packera aurea yellow flowers being visited by a large fly.
In April Golden Ragwort provides both pollen and nectar

Wildlife Significance Golden Ragwort

Pollination - Little carpenter bees, cuckoo bees, Halictid bees. Small bees, Syrphidflies, Tachinid flies. Nectar - For Small bees and flies Pollen for -Small bees, flies
Host plant - Leaves are food for caterpillars of the moth Orthoama obstipata Deer - Avoid this plant For detailed information on Golden Ragwort visit the Illinois Wildflower website
Propagation Notes Golden Ragwort
Transplanting - Once you have an established a patch of Golden Ragwort is easy to transplant.
Learning to identify young plants and seedlings is helpful, that way when you are weeding you won't accidentally remove them.
Roots and leaves out of the ground of Golden Ragwort
Seed Provenance Packera aurea
Nodding Onion Gardens 2016 to present - Amanda's Garden, Springwater, NY, USA - 2013