Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Verbesina occidentalis
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.
Read more about Southern Crownbeard at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbesina occidentalis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Verbesina occidentalis
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, 1938)
Phaethusa occidentalis
COMMON NAME:
Southern Crownbeard, Yellow Crownbeard
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_phoc4_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0203c_09a
March Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0204d_06
April Greenville County SC
Leaves ovate with winged stalks that extend down the stem, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm210406_9209
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210413_9472
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm200608_5796
June Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
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JK Marlow jkm180716_3416
July Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0109b_23a
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0109f_15a
September Greenville County SC
Perennial from 3-7' tall, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm0309a_11
September Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm060917_001
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm060917_003
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm180905_4565
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm180905_4567
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm180917_4781
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200916_7229
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm200916_7230
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Ray flowers just emerging, disc flowers not yet opened.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_v_occidentalis_11
September
Five or fewer irregularly spaced, drooping yellow rays, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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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
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JK Marlow jkm121006_301
October Washington County VA
Virginia Creeper Trail
Disc florets bisexual and fertile, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Verbesina occidentalis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbesina occidentalis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Verbesina occidentalis
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, 1938)
Phaethusa occidentalis
1603
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: forests, woodlands, pastures, and roadsides, especially abundant in alluvial areas or upslope over mafic or calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in NC Coastal Plain)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers sterile
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black/Brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p184
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p213
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p271
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p301
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p124
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p273
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p124
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p333
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p385
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p200
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