Verbesina occidentalis |
Verbesina lindheimeri |
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yellow crownbeard |
Lindheimer's crownbeard |
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Habit | Plants 80–200+ cm (perennating bases ± erect, internodes winged). | Plants 30–70+ cm (perennating bases ± erect, internodes not winged). |
Leaves | all or mostly opposite (distal sometimes alternate); blades ± ovate or lance-deltate to lanceolate, 6–12(–16+) × 3–6(–10+) cm, bases ± cuneate, margins coarsely toothed to subentire, apices usually acute to attenuate, sometimes rounded, faces scabrellous. |
all or mostly opposite (distal sometimes alternate); blades ovate-deltate or ovate to lance-ovate, 2–6 × 1–5 cm, bases rounded to cuneate, margins toothed to entire, apices obtuse to acute, faces ± scabrellous. |
Involucres | campanulate to turbinate, 3–5+ mm diam. |
± hemispheric, 15–22+ mm diam. |
Ray florets | (0–)1–3(–5); laminae 10–15(–20+) mm. |
± 13; laminae 25 mm. |
Disc florets | 8–15+; corollas yellow. |
80–120+; corollas yellow. |
Phyllaries | 8–12+ in 2 series, ± erect, spatulate to oblanceolate, 3–7+ mm. |
24–30+ in 3–4 series, ± erect, oblong, orbiculate, or ovate, 5–12+ mm. |
Heads | 20–100+ in corymbiform-paniculiform arrays. |
borne singly. |
Cypselae | dark brown to black, oblanceolate, 5 mm, faces strigose; pappi 3–4 mm. |
dark brown, narrowly elliptic, 7 mm, faces glabrous; pappi 0–0.5 mm. |
2n | = 34. |
= 34. |
Verbesina occidentalis |
Verbesina lindheimeri |
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Phenology | Flowering Aug–Oct. | Flowering (May–)Sep–Nov. |
Habitat | Bottomlands, margins of thickets, waste places | Shaded slopes, limestone, juniper scrublands |
Elevation | 10–300 m (0–1000 ft) | 100–500 m (300–1600 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; DC; DE; FL; GA; IL; KY; MD; MO; MS; NC; OH; OK; SC; TN; TX; VA; WV
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TX |
Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 109. | FNA vol. 21, p. 111. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ecliptinae > Verbesina | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ecliptinae > Verbesina |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Siegesbeckia occidentalis | |
Name authority | (Linnaeus) Walter: Fl. Carol., 213. (1788) | B. L. Robinson & Greenman: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 34: 541. (1899) |
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