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Morphology
- Stem
- Erect, usually branched above, winged.
- Leaves
- Alternate, lower sometimes opposite; blade ovate to lanceolate, 2.5 to 4.75 inches long, .8 to 2.5 inches wide, base wedge-shaped, margins toothed, tip acute to attenuate, surfaces densely pubescent to silky.
- Inflorescence
- Heads 2-5(-10) in corymb-like arrays.
- Flower
- Involucres hemispheric, .4 to .6 inch wide. Phyllaries 16-21 in 2-3 series, distinct, erect, lanceolate. Ray florets 8-15, pistillate or neuter; corolla yellow, ligule .4 to .8 inch. Disk florets 40-80, bisexual, fertile; corolla yellow, tubular, lobes 5.
- Fruit
- Achenes dark brown to black, oblanceolate to elliptic, about .2 inch, usually sharply and prominently winged, puberulent or glabrate; pappus 2 minute awns or scales.
Ecology
- Habitat
- Sandy oak-hickory and post oak-black jack oak woods and glades.
- Distribution
- Bourbon, Crawford, Cherokee, Labette, Montgomery, and Neosho counties.
Additional Notes
Comments
Verbesina, etymology uncertain, perhaps resemblance to genus Verbena and helianthoides, resembling the genus Helianthus.
Quick Facts
- Plant Type
- Wildflower
- Family
- Asteraceae - Sunflower Family
- Life Span
- Perennial
- Height
- 2-4 feet
- Origin
- Native
- Last Updated
- 2014-01-20
Color Groups
Yellow Wildflowers
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Blooms: May, June, July