Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Wingstems and Crownbeards from Linda Chafin and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Read more about Southern Crownbeard 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 (11/30/12):
Verbesina occidentalis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbesina occidentalis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-66-003:
Verbesina occidentalis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Phaethusa occidentalis
COMMON NAME:
Southern Crownbeard, Yellow Crownbeard
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Look for it in forests, woodlands, pastures, & roadsides, esp abundant in alluvial areas or upslope over mafic or calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in
GA
NC
SC
Common
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers sterile
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black/Brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
Verbesina occidentalis FAMILY Asteraceae
Southern Crownbeard, Yellow Crownbeard
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 jkm0204d_06
April Greenville County SC
Leaves ovate with winged stalks that extend down the stem, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
JK Marlow jkm0405x_16
May Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Leaf apex acuminate, margin irregularly serrate, base widely cuneate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm0109f_15a
September Greenville County SC
Perennial from 3-7' tall, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
JK Marlow jkm200916_7230
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Ray flowers just emerging, disc flowers not yet opened.
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_v_occidentalis_11
September
Five or fewer irregularly spaced, drooping yellow rays, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
JK Marlow jkm121006_298
October Washington County VA
Virginia Creeper Trail
Phyllaries in 2 series, more or less erect, per Flora of North America.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of DYCs with ray and disc flowers
JK Marlow jkm121006_301
October Washington County VA
Virginia Creeper Trail
Disc florets bisexual and fertile, per Flora of North America.