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yellow crownbeard

mountain crownbeard

Habit Plants 80–200+ cm (perennating bases ± erect, internodes winged). Plants 50–100+ 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 to lance-elliptic, 3–8(–11) × 1–4(–6) cm, bases subtruncate to cuneate, margins coarsely toothed to subentire, apices acute to attenuate, faces ± hirsutulous to scabrellous.

Involucres

campanulate to turbinate, 3–5+ mm diam.

± hemispheric, 8–10 mm diam.

Ray florets

(0–)1–3(–5);

laminae 10–15(–20+) mm.

13;

laminae 9–12+ mm.

Disc florets

8–15+;

corollas yellow.

60–100+;

corollas yellow.

Phyllaries

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

12–16 in 2 series, ± erect, linear to lance-ovate or lance-linear, 4–7 mm.

Heads

20–100+ in corymbiform-paniculiform arrays.

borne singly or 2–6 in loose, corymbiform arrays.

Cypselae

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

pappi 3–4 mm.

dark brown, obovate, 4–5 mm, faces glabrous;

pappi 0–0.5 mm.

2n

= 34.

Verbesina occidentalis

Verbesina oreophila

Phenology Flowering Aug–Oct. Flowering (Aug–)Sep(–Nov).
Habitat Bottomlands, margins of thickets, waste places Rocky slopes, limestone
Elevation 10–300 m (0–1000 ft) 1500–2100 m (4900–6900 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. 111.
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. nana, V. occidentalis, V. rothrockii, V. virginica, V. walteri
Synonyms Siegesbeckia occidentalis
Name authority (Linnaeus) Walter: Fl. Carol., 213. (1788) Wooton & Standley: Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 190. (1913)
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