Verbesina rothrockii |
Verbesina heterophylla |
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Rothrock's crownbeard |
diverseleaf crownbeard |
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Habit | Plants 30–60+ cm (perennating bases ± erect, internodes not winged). | Plants 40–50(–80+) cm (perennating bases ± horizontal rhizomes, internodes winged). |
Leaves | all or mostly opposite (distal sometimes alternate); blades ovate-deltate or rhombic to lance-elliptic, 3–5 × 1–3 cm, bases subtruncate to cuneate, margins coarsely toothed to subentire, apices obtuse to acute, faces ± hirtellous to scabrellous. |
all or mostly opposite (distal sometimes alternate); blades ± ovate to elliptic or lanceolate, 3–7+ × 0.8–2.5+ cm, bases ± cuneate, margins toothed, apices obtuse, faces scabrellous. |
Involucres | ± hemispheric, 10–15+ mm diam. |
hemispheric or broader, 12–15+ mm diam. |
Ray florets | 8–13; laminae 15–25+ mm. |
(5–)8; laminae 12–15+ mm. |
Disc florets | 60–100+; corollas yellow. |
20–60+; corollas yellow. |
Phyllaries | 18–30+ in 3–4 series, ± erect, oblong to elliptic, 6–10+ mm. |
18–20+ in 2–3 series, ± erect, narrowly oblong to lanceolate, 4–6+ mm. |
Heads | borne singly. |
borne singly or 3–9+ in loose, corymbiform arrays. |
Cypselae | dark brown, ± elliptic, 10 mm, faces glabrous; pappi 0–0.5 mm. |
purplish black, narrowly obovate to ± elliptic, 5 mm, faces glabrous; pappi 0–0.3 mm. |
2n | = 34. |
= 34. |
Verbesina rothrockii |
Verbesina heterophylla |
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Phenology | Flowering (May–)Aug–Sep. | Flowering (Apr–)Jun. |
Habitat | Rocky slopes, igneous or limestone substrates | Pine barrens |
Elevation | 1200–1800 m (3900–5900 ft) | 0–20+ m (0–100+ ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; NM; Mexico (Coahuila, Durango, Zacatecas)
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FL |
Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 111. | FNA vol. 21, p. 110. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ecliptinae > Verbesina | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ecliptinae > Verbesina |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Actinomeris heterophylla, V. warei | |
Name authority | B. L. Robinson & Greenman: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 34: 541. (1899) | (Chapman) A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 12. (1883) |
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