Butterweed

Description:

Packera glabella (formerly Senecio glabellus) is one of several plants with the common name butterweed, this one has also been called cressleaf groundsel and yellowtop. An upright, smooth, succulent annual, 18-20 in. high. Stout stems may be branched or unbranched and are topped by a large, cluster of yellow, daisy-like flowers. Interesting leaves are deeply-divided in rounded segments or lobes and become smaller toward the upper portion of the plant. Usually forms large colonies in the moist-to-wet habitat it prefers.

Habitat:

It is native to central and southeastern North America.

Notes:

Found in a high mountain medow on Roan Mountain. I had to hold the plant to take a photo due to a stiff breeze blowing across the mountain top.