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yellow crownbeard

dwarf crownbeard

Habit Plants 80–200+ cm (perennating bases ± erect, internodes winged). Plants mostly 7–15+ 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 ± deltate to rhombic, 3–8+ × 2–5+ cm, bases ± cuneate, margins raggedly toothed, apices obtuse to acute, faces strigoso-sericeous.

Involucres

campanulate to turbinate, 3–5+ mm diam.

shallowly bowl-shaped, 15–25+ mm diam.

Ray florets

(0–)1–3(–5);

laminae 10–15(–20+) mm.

12–16+;

laminae 10–12+ mm.

Disc florets

8–15+;

corollas yellow.

80–150+;

corollas yellow to orange.

Phyllaries

8–12+ in 2 series, ± erect, spatulate to oblanceolate, 3–7+ mm.

28–35+ in 2–3 series, ± erect, linear to lanceolate, 8–12+ mm.

Heads

20–100+ in corymbiform-paniculiform arrays.

borne singly or 2–3 together.

Cypselae

dark brown to black, oblanceolate, 5 mm, faces strigose;

pappi 3–4 mm.

blackish, ± elliptic, 6.5–8 mm, faces ± strigillose;

pappi 0.5–1+ mm.

2n

= 34.

= 68.

Verbesina occidentalis

Verbesina nana

Phenology Flowering Aug–Oct. Flowering May(–Oct).
Habitat Bottomlands, margins of thickets, waste places Silty flats, roadsides, desert scrub
Elevation 10–300 m (0–1000 ft) 1000–2000 m (3300–6600 ft)
Distribution
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AL; DC; DE; FL; GA; IL; KY; MD; MO; MS; NC; OH; OK; SC; TN; TX; VA; WV
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NM; TX; Mexico (Coahuila)
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Source FNA vol. 21, p. 109. FNA vol. 21, p. 110.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ecliptinae > Verbesina Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ecliptinae > Verbesina
Sibling taxa
V. alternifolia, V. aristata, V. chapmanii, V. dissita, V. encelioides, V. helianthoides, V. heterophylla, V. lindheimeri, V. longifolia, V. microptera, V. nana, V. oreophila, V. rothrockii, V. virginica, V. walteri
V. alternifolia, V. aristata, V. chapmanii, V. dissita, V. encelioides, V. helianthoides, V. heterophylla, V. lindheimeri, V. longifolia, V. microptera, V. occidentalis, V. oreophila, V. rothrockii, V. virginica, V. walteri
Synonyms Siegesbeckia occidentalis Ximenesia encelioides var. nana
Name authority (Linnaeus) Walter: Fl. Carol., 213. (1788) (A. Gray) B. L. Robinson & Greenman: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 34: 543. (1899)
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