Verbesina helianthoides

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Distribution Map: Based on vouchered plant specimens only. View county names by placing the mouse cursor over a particular county.

Species Distribution Map
Family:ASTERACEAE
Species:Verbesina helianthoides Michx.
Common Name:Sunflower Crownbeard; Ozark Crownbeard; Gravelweed
Habitat:Upland wood margins.
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Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
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Plant Notes:Sunflower Crownbeard is a native herbaceous perennial in the Sunflower family (Asteraceae). It is found primarily in the northwestern quarter of the state. Sunflower Crownbeard occurs in open woods, on forest edges, on roadsides, in prairies, and around rock outcrops. It is a perennial from erect or horizontal rhizomes. The stems are erect, 2-3 feet in height, unbranched, winged, pubescent, and green in color. Leaves are alternate, lance-ovate to lanceolate in outline, cuneate at the base, pubescent on both surfaces, and with toothed margins. Flower are produced in heads. The heads are arranged in corymbs. Each head has 8-13 yellow ray flowers and 40-80 yellow disc flowers. The fruit is a dark brown to black achene. Sunflower Crownbeard is sometimes available from nurseries that specialize in native or prairie plants. It prefers full sun and is drought tolerant once established. Sunflower Crownbeard is a larval food plant for the Silvery Checkerspot Butterfly (Chlosyne nycteis).—A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyASTERACEAE - Aster family
Genus Verbesina
Species Verbesina helianthoides Michx. - Sunflower Crownbeard; Ozark Crownbeard; Gravelweed

Citation

Citation Verbesina helianthoides Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 135. 1803.
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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Actinomeris helianthoides Actinomeris helianthoides (Michx.) Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 181. 1818.Verbesina helianthoides Michx.  
Pterophyton helianthoides Pterophyton helianthoides (Michx.) Alexander, Man. S.E. Fl. 1444. 1933.Verbesina helianthoides Michx. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Bibb, Colbert, Elmore, Fayette, Greene, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Marion, Pickens, Sumter, Tallapoosa

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1883 - 2019

Barcode / Accession No.
County
Coll. Date
Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
UNA00049707 Bibb 03 Jun 1883 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Verbesina helianthoides Michx.
TROY000034983 Bibb 25 Jun 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4651		 TROY
Verbesina helianthoides Michaux
UWAL0009199 Bibb 25 Jun 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4651		 UWAL
Verbesina helianthoides Michx.
UWAL0057194 Bibb 17 May 2019 Keener, Brian R.
11190		 UWAL
Verbesina helianthoides Michaux
JSU124440 Colbert 26 May 1972 Kral, Robert
46667		 JSU
Verbesina helianthoides Michaux
UWAL0006340 Colbert 09 Jun 1982 Kral, Robert
68748		 UWAL
Verbesina helianthoides Michx.
ALNHS00002801 Colbert 23 Jun 2014 Barger, T. Wayne
FH-368		 ALNHS
Verbesina helianthoides Michx.
ALNHS00002577 Colbert 23 Jun 2014 Barger, T. Wayne
FH-368		 ALNHS
Verbesina helianthoides Michx.
AUA000008534 Elmore 11 May 1976 RUTLAND, DAVID W.
2664		 AUA
VERBESINA HELIANTHOIDES MICHX.
TROY000051854 Fayette 18 May 2017 England, J. Kevin
7799		 TROY
Verbesina helianthoides Michaux
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