...Moist
...Variable
Read more about Wingstems and Crownbeards from Linda Chafin and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
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 (1968) 179-66-003:
Verbesina occidentalis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Phaethusa occidentalis
COMMON NAME:
Southern 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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvoccidentalis_2
September Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_v_occidentalis_11
September
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_v_occidentalis_3
September
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvoccidentalis_wm1
September? Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
5 or fewer irregularly spaced, drooping yellow rays between 1/4" & 3/4" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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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.