This section is from the book "Who's Who Among The Wild Flowers", by W. I. Beecroft. Also available from Amazon: A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants.
Groundsel: Squaw-weed.
Senecio aureus.
Composite Family. May - July.
Found in wet meadows. Newfoundland and Ontario to Gulf of Mexico, west to Missouri.
Golden yellow, in loose clusters terminating stem, 12 - 30 inches high.
Those from the root round or heart-shaped, long-stemmed, toothed; stem leaves variable, deeply lobed, uppermost clasping.

Golden Ragwort.
 
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