WINGSTEM
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Verbesina alternifolia (L. ) Britton ex Kearney
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| Konza Prairie, Riley County, Kansas |
| Perennial |
| Height: 3 - 8 feet tall |
| Family: Asteraceae - Sunflower Family |
| Flowering Period: August, September |
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| Stems: | | Erect, leafy, usually branched above, coarsely hairy or nearly glabrous. | | Leaves: | | Alternate, simple, short-stalked, lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 4-10 inches long, 1-3 inches wide, rough; margins toothed to nearly entire; tips pointed; leafy "wings" extend downward from bases. | | Inflorescences: | | Heads, up to 100, borne in open, terminal clusters. | | Flowers: | | Heads 1-2 inches wide; bracts few, narrowly lanceolate, bent abruptly downward; ray florets 2-10, .5 to 1.25 inch long, yellow, drooping; disk florets numerous, spreading, yellow. | | Fruits: | | Achenes, widely spreading, forming spherical head, flattened, winged, glabrous, tipped with 2 awn-like bristles, enclosing small seed. | | Habitat: | | Open, moist wooded areas, thickets and stream banks, in rich soils. | | Distribution: | | Principally the east half of Kansas. | | Comments: | | Wingstem prefers habitats with partial shade. |
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| | Wingstem leaf wings on stem |  | | 46 KB | | Johnson County, Kansas |
| | Wingstem |  | | 47 KB | | Johnson County, Kansas |
| | Wingstem leaf |  | | 50 KB | | Johnson County, Kansas |
| | Wingstem leaf |  | | 66 KB | | Marshall County, Kansas |
| | Wingstem |  | | 45 KB | | Marshall County, Kansas |
| | Wingstem |  | | 90 KB | | Riley County, Kansas |
| | Wingstem leaves |  | | 102 KB | | Konza Prairie, Riley County, Kansas |
| | Wingstem heads |  | | 76 KB | | Wildcat Glades Conservation & Audubon Center, Newton County, Missouri |
| | Wingstem florets |  | | 112 KB | | Leavenworth County, Kansas |
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