NameThatPlant.net: Verbesina alternifolia

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Verbesina alternifolia FAMILY Asteraceae Go to FSUS key

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.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbesina alternifolia FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-66-002:

Verbesina alternifolia FAMILY Asteraceae

COMMON NAME:
Common Wingstem

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Verbesina alternifolia FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbesina alternifolia FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-66-002:
Verbesina alternifolia FAMILY Asteraceae

1602

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: alluvial forests, marshes, floodplain pastures, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in Coastal Plain)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers sterile

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Achene

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