Plant Details

Accepted name:: Packera aurea (L.) Á.Löve & D.Löve [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
false valerian	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
golden groundsel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
golden ragwort	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
golden senecio	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
golden squaw-weed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
heart-leaf groundsel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
heart-leaved groundsel	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
liferoot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
ragwort	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
senecio	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
senecio aureus	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
squaw weed	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
squaw-weed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
squawweed	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Herb		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Senecio aureus L. Sp. Pl.: 870 (1753).
Senecio aureus var. gracilis (Pursh) Hook. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1(Suppl.): 333 (1834).
Cacalia aurea (L.) MacMill. Rep. Geol. Nat. Hist. Surv. Minnesota 1: 556 (1892).
Cineraria balsamita Lam. Encycl. 2: 7 (1786).
Jacobaea aurea Moench Suppl. Meth.: 239 (1802).
Senecio aureus var. aquilonius Fernald Rhodora 45: 500 (1943).
Senecio aureus var. ashei Greenm. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 16: 406 (1929).
Senecio aureus var. aurantiacus Farw. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 74 (1930).
Senecio aureus f. ecoronatus Fernald Rhodora 45: 502 (1943).
Senecio aureus var. fastigiatus Chapm. Fl. South. U.S.: 245 (1860).
Senecio aureus var. foliosus Hook. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1(Suppl.): 333 (1834).
Senecio aureus var. intercursus Fernald Rhodora 45: 499 (1943).
Senecio ceratophyllus Nees in M.A.P.zu Wied-Neuwied, Reise Nord-America 2: 48 (1841).
Senecio fastigiatus Schwein. ex Elliott Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 2: 331 (1823).
Senecio gracilis Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 529 (1813).
Senecio obtusatus Banks ex Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 530 (1813).
Senecio rotundifolius Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 215 (1812).
Senecio tussilaginoides Walter Fl. Carol.: 208 (1788).
Tephroseris aurea (L.) Konechn. Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 66: 841 (1981).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Packera aurea (L.) A. Love & D. Love	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Packera aurea (L.) Á. Löve & D. Löve	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Packera aurea (L.) Á.Löve & D.Löve	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Packera aurea (l.) A.& D. Lve	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Senecio aureus	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Senecio aureus L.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Senecio aureus var gracilis	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)

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