An upright, smooth, succulent annual, with stout stems topped by a large cluster of yellow, daisy-like flowers. The leaves are deeply divided in rounded segments or lobes and become smaller toward the upper portion of the plant. Blooms are profuse, filling its colonies with yellow throughout the spring months.
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Packera
Species: Packera glabella
Habitat
Forest, Grassland, Wetland
Distribution
Butterweed is found from Texas north to South Dakota, east to Ohio and throughout the southeast to southern Florida