Golden ragwort

Senecio aureus

Habitat:
   Light: shade -part sun
   Moisture: mesic -wet

   Height: 2-3 ft.
   Flowering Time: spring

Notes: perennial roots spread to form a groundcover of rounded leaves in early spring; later, sends up several upright flower stems, which go to seed and die-back in summer.

   Range in Michigan: SE,SW,NL,UP