Verbesina encelioides
cowpen daisy, golden crownbeard
all or mostly alternate (proximal usually opposite);
blades deltate-ovate or rhombic to lanceolate, 3–8(–12+) × 2–4(–6+) cm, bases broadly cuneate to ± truncate, margins coarsely toothed to subentire, apices acute to attenuate, faces strigoso-scabrellous to sericeous.
± hemispheric to saucerlike, 10–20+ mm diam.
(8–)12–15+;
laminae 8–10(–20+) mm.
80–150+;
corollas yellow.
12–18+ in 1–2 series, ± erect to spreading, lance-ovate or lance-linear to linear, 6–8+ mm.
usually borne singly, sometimes 2–3+ in loose, cymiform or corymbiform arrays.
dark brown to blackish, narrowly obovate, 3.5–5+ mm, faces ± strigillose;
pappi 0.5–1(–2) mm (0 on ray cypselae).
= 34.
Verbesina encelioides
Native distribution of Verbesina encelioides in the flora area is uncertain. Plants of Verbesina encelioides from ca. 100°W (e.g., c Texas) and eastward usually have auriculate petiole bases and have been called var. encelioides; plants from the west usually lack auricles and have been called var. exauriculata.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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