Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Verbesina walteri
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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 Walter's Wingstem at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbesina walteri
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-66-001:
Verbesina walteri
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
COMMON NAME:
Walter's Wingstem, Carolina Crownbeard, Walter's Crownbeard
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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JK Marlow jkm200502_4481
May Greenville County SC
Leaves are alternate, narrowly elliptic, tapering to both ends, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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JK Marlow jkm200502_4482
May Greenville County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm052009_038
May Spartanburg County SC
Leaf tissue forms narrow wings on leaf stalk and down the stem, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia.
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JK Marlow jkm190802_0506
August Greenville County SC
Leaves up to 8" long with pointed tips, tapering bases, & toothed edges, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia.
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JK Marlow jkm190810_0623
August Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm210824_2976
August Greenville County SC
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Betsy George bmg091911_0312
September Greenville County SC
Pollinator at work.
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JK Marlow jkm190903_1218
September Greenville County SC
Pollinator at work.
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JK Marlow jkm210903_3315
September Greenville County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm091111_136
September Spartanburg County SC
Flower cluster large and open, with 10-100 flower heads, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia.
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Roxanna Martin rlm091111_137
September Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm091111_141
September Spartanburg County SC
Flower heads with many white tubular disk flowers, no ray flowers, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia.
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Roxanna Martin rlm102111_256
October Spartanburg County SC
Fruit oval, hairy, black with pale brown wings & 2 bristle-like awns, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Verbesina walteri
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Verbesina walteri
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-66-001:
Verbesina walteri
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
2301
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare
Look for it in floodplains, low moist forests, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: White
Rays: Absent
Disc flowers bisexual and fertile
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Achene
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