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



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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image of Verbesina occidentalis, Southern Crownbeard, Yellow Crownbeard

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

image of Verbesina occidentalis, Southern Crownbeard, Yellow Crownbeard

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

image of Verbesina occidentalis, Southern Crownbeard, Yellow Crownbeard

JK Marlow    jkm180716_3416

July    Greenville County    SC

image of Verbesina occidentalis, Southern Crownbeard, Yellow Crownbeard

JK Marlow    jkm0109b_23a

September    Greenville County    SC

image of Verbesina occidentalis, Southern Crownbeard, Yellow Crownbeard

JK Marlow    jkm0109f_15a

September    Greenville County    SC

Perennial from 3-7' tall, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Verbesina occidentalis, Southern Crownbeard, Yellow Crownbeard

JK Marlow    jkm0309a_11

September    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

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JK Marlow    jkm060917_001

September    Greenville County    SC

image of Verbesina occidentalis, Southern Crownbeard, Yellow Crownbeard

JK Marlow    jkm060917_003

September    Greenville County    SC

image of Verbesina occidentalis, Southern Crownbeard, Yellow Crownbeard

JK Marlow    jkm180905_4565

September    Greenville County    SC

image of Verbesina occidentalis, Southern Crownbeard, Yellow Crownbeard

JK Marlow    jkm180905_4567

September    Greenville County    SC

image of Verbesina occidentalis, Southern Crownbeard, Yellow Crownbeard

JK Marlow    jkm180917_4781

September    Greenville County    SC

image of Verbesina occidentalis, Southern Crownbeard, Yellow Crownbeard

JK Marlow    jkm200916_7229

September    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Verbesina occidentalis, Southern Crownbeard, Yellow Crownbeard

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).

image of Verbesina occidentalis, Southern Crownbeard, Yellow Crownbeard

JK Marlow    jkm121006_298

October    Washington County    VA

Virginia Creeper Trail

Phyllaries in 2 series, more or less erect, per Flora of North America.


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE involucral bracts of DYCs with ray and disc flowers

image of Verbesina occidentalis, Southern Crownbeard, Yellow Crownbeard

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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

 

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