by Mary Free and Christa Watters, Extension Master Gardeners
Packera aurea (golden ragwort) has two distinctive forms of pinnate leaves. Its basal evergreen leaves have pinnate venation. What is the term that describes its pinnately-lobed stem leaves?
Pinnate leaves have two rows of veins, lobes, or leaflets arranged on each side of a common axis, resembling a feather. Native Packera aurea’s pinnately-veined basal leaves form a rosette. The flowering stalk that emerges from the center of the rosette has two or three smaller, pinnately-lobed leaves. Click here to learn the term used to describe them.
