Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Wingstems and Crownbeards from Linda Chafin and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Yellow Crownbeard (V. occidentalis) is very similar to Wingstem but always has opposite leaves. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Verbesina alternifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbesina alternifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Actinomeris alternifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-66-002:
Verbesina alternifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ridan alternifolia
COMMON NAME:
Common Wingstem
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Look for it in alluvial forests, marshes, floodplain pastures, per Weakley's Flora
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in
GA
NC
SC
Common (rare in Coastal Plain of GA & SC)
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers sterile
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
Verbesina alternifolia FAMILY Asteraceae
Common Wingstem
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Wingstems and Crownbeards from Linda Chafin and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Click the thumbnails to see larger pictures.
JK Marlow jkm0308p_20
August Jackson County NC
Roadside
A robust 3-9' leafy perennial, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
Keith Bradley kab_v_alternifolia_2762
August Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Flowers have 2-10 drooping yellow rays, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
JK Marlow jkm120915_946
September Greenville County SC
Leaves alternate, with winged stalks that extend downward as wings on stem, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
JK Marlow jkm200916_7232
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
The "hairy" serpentine tip of an exploring Kudzu vine gave me a start --
Roxanna Martin rlm91111_151
September Spartanburg County SC
Disk flowers yellow, loosely arranged, forming a sphere, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Gill Newberry gn10_v_alternifolia
October
Anthers purple. Style bifurcate [2-forked]. Stigmas yellow, curling, per www.missouriplants.com
JK Marlow jkm0310e_20
October Jackson County NC
Roadside
Winged petioles extend down the stem, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
JK Marlow jkm121024_670
October Cherokee County NC
Murphy River Walk
Phyllaries in 1(-2) series, ~ spreading to reflexed, per Flora of North America.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of DYCs with ray and disc flowers