Contains 7 accepted taxa overall.
Characteristics
Classification
Citation
VERBESINA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 901. 1753, nom. cons.
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TYPE: Verbesina alata Linnaeus, typ. cons.
Species
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Herbarium Specimens | Status | Photos |
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| Verbesina alternifolia | WINGSTEM | Native FAC (NWPL) | ||
| Verbesina aristata | COASTALPLAIN CROWNBEARD | Native | ||
| Verbesina chapmanii | CHAPMAN'S CROWNBEARD | Native Threatened-State FACW (NWPL) FACW (DEP) | ||
| Verbesina encelioides | GOLDEN CROWNBEARD; SKUNK DAISY | Not Native FAC (NWPL) | ||
| Verbesina heterophylla | DIVERSELEAF CROWNBEARD | Native Rare-State FACW (NWPL) FACW (DEP) | ||
| Verbesina occidentalis | YELLOW CROWNBEARD | Native FACU (NWPL) | ||
| Verbesina virginica | WHITE CROWNBEARD; FROSTWEED | Native FACU (NWPL) FAC (DEP) |
Identification Key
1. Leaves alternate
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1. Leaves all opposite or nearly so, at least in the basal half, upper reduced ones sometimes alternate below the inflorescence
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2. Annual; leaf lower surface white strigose-canescent, especially when young; heads 10-20 mm wide, phyllaries 8-24 mm long
2. Perennial; leaf lower surface scabrous, strigellous, to glabrate; heads 4-13 mm wide, phyllaries 2-8 mm long
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3. Heads globose; phyllaries reflexed to spreading; corolla yellow; disc florets 40-60
3. Heads hemispheric to obconic; phyllaries erect to ascending, the tips sometimes reflexed; corolla white or whitish; disc florets 8-15
4. Stem unwinged, leaves not decurrent
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4. Stem winged from decurrent leaves
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5. Leaf blade sharply serrate nearly to the base; heads 3-15(20), 0.7-1.2 cm wide, radiate
5. Leaf blade bluntly or coarsely toothed mostly above the middle; heads 1-3(5), 1-2 cm wide, discoide
6. Cauline leaves sessile, the distal ones sharply reduced below the inflorescence; heads usually 1-15
6. Cauline leaf blade abruptly reduced and decurrent along a petiole, the distal ones gradually reduced; heads usually 20 or more
Genus Synonyms
| Synonym | Full Citation | Basionym | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Actimeris | Actimeris Rafinesque, Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 4: 195. 1819. | TYPE: = Actinomeris Nuttall 1818. | |
| Actinomeris | Actinomeris Nuttall, Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 181. 1818, nom. cons. vs. Ridan Adanson 1763. | TYPE: Actinomeris squarrosa Nuttall, nom. illegit., typ. cons. (Coreopsis alternifolia Linnaeus; Actinomeris alternifolia (Linnaeus) de Candolle) | |
| Ancistrophora | Ancistrophora A. Gray, Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, ser. 2. 6: 457. 1859. | TYPE: Ancistrophora wrightii A. Gray | |
| Chaenocephalus | Chaenocephalus Grisebach, Fl. Brit. W.I. 374. 1861. | TYPE: Chaenocephalus petrobioides Grisebach | |
| Ditrichum | Ditrichum Cassini, Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1817: 33. 1817, nom. rej. vs. Ditrichum Hampe 1867. | TYPE: Ditrichum macrophyllum Cassini | |
| Hamulium | Hamulium Cassini, Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1820: 173. 1820. | TYPE: Hamulium alatum (Linnaeus) Cassini (Verbesina alata Linnaeus = Verbesina Linnaeus 1753. | |
| Phaethusa | Phaethusa Gaertner, Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 425. 1791. | TYPE: Phaethusa americana Gaertner, nom. illegit. (Sigesbeckia occidentalis Linnaeus; Phaethusa occidentalis (Linnaeus) Britton) | |
| Platypteris | Platypteris Kunth, in Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp. 4: 200. 1820. | TYPE: Platypteris crocata (Cavanilles) Kunth (Bidens crocata Cavanilles) | |
| Pterophyton | Pterophyton Cassini, Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1818: 76.l 1818. | TYPE: Pterophyton alatum (Cavanilles) Cassini (Coreopsis alata Cavanilles) | |
| Ridan | Ridan Adanson, Fam. Pl. 2: 130, 598. 1763, nom. rej. vs. Actinomeris Nuttall 1818. | TYPE: = Actinomeris Nuttall 1818. | |
| Saubinetia | Saubinetia Remy, in Gay, Fl. Chil. 4: 282. 1849. | TYPE: Saubinetia helianthoides Remy | |
| Tepion | Tepion Adanson, Fam. Pl. 2: 131, 610. 1763. | TYPE: Verbesina alata Linnaeus = Verbesina Linnaeus 1753. | |
| Ximenesia | Ximenesia Cavanilles, Icon. 2: 60, t. 178. 1793-1794. | TYPE: Ximenesia encelioides Cavanilles |