Verbesina alternifolia

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Family:ASTERACEAE
Species:Verbesina alternifolia (L.) Britton ex Kearney
Common Name:Common Wingstem; Yellow Ironweed
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Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:VEAL
Plant Notes:Common Wingstem is a native herbaceous perennial in the Sunflower family (Asteraceae). It is found throughout most of Alabama. Common Wingstem prefers moist sunny sites such as along streams, the edge of mesic woodlands, and roadside ditches. It is a perennial from a short rhizome, often giving rise to clusters of stems. Stems grow from 3-8 feet in height. They are unbranched below the inflorescence, and the internodes are winged. Leaves are alternate, lanceolate to lance-elliptic in outline, with toothed margins. The leaves are minutely pubescent on both surfaces with stiff hairs. This gives the leaf a rough texture to the touch. Flowers are produced in heads. The heads are arranged in terminal panicles or corymbs. Individual heads have 5-12 yellow ray flowers and 10-30 yellow disc flowers. The ray flowers tend to droop downwards. The fruit is an achene with a winged margin and two horn-like awns at its apex. Common Wingstem is the host plant for Silvery Checkerspot Butterflies (Chlosyne nycteis). Common Wingstem is sometimes available from wildflower nurseries. It is also easily grown from seed, and older clumps can be separated after flowering. Common Wingstem prefers full to partial sun and moist soil. It does well along streams and ponds, in low spots in meadows, and at the edge of woodlands. It is not browsed by deer, making it a useful plant where deer are a problem.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FAC (NWI)
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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 alternifolia (L.) Britton ex Kearney - Common Wingstem; Yellow Ironweed

Citation

Citation Verbesina alternifolia (Linnaeus) Britton ex Kearney, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 20(12): 485. 1893.
Basionym: Coreopsis alternifolia L. 1753.
Type: Without data (lectotype: LINN 1026.11). Lectotypified by J.L. Reveal, in C.E. Jarvis & Turland, Taxon 47: 359. 1998.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Actinomeris alternifolia Actinomeris alternifolia (Linnaeus) de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 575. 1836.Coreopsis alternifolia Linnaeus 1753. 
Actinomeris oppositifolia Actinomeris oppositifolia Fresenius, Index Sem. Hort. Francf. 1836.  
Actinomeris squarrosa Actinomeris squarrosa Nuttall, Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 181. 1818, nom. illegit.Coreopsis alternifolia Linnaeus 1753. 
Actinomeris squarrosa var. alternifolia Actinomeris squarrosa Nuttall, var. alternifolia (Linnaeus) Torrey & A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 2: 335. 1842.Coreopsis alternifolia Linnaeus 1753. 
Actinomeris squarrosa var. oppositifolia Actinomeris squarrosa Nuttall, var. oppositifolia (Fresenius) Torrey & A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 2: 335. 1842.Actinomeris oppositifolia Fresenius 1836.  
Actinomeris squarrosa var. procera Actinomeris squarrosa Nuttall, var. procera (Aiton) Rafinesque, New Fl. 1: 61. 1836.Coreopsis procera Aiton 1789. 
Coreopsis acuta Coreopsis acuta Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 569. 1814. GEORGIA
Coreopsis alternifolia Coreopsis alternifolia Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 909. 1753. Without data (lectotype: LINN 1026.11). Lectotypified by Reveal, in C. E. Jarvis & Turland, Taxon 47: 359. 1998.
Coreopsis procera Coreopsis procera Aiton, Hort. Kew. 3: 253. 1789.  
Ridan alternifolia var. oppositifolia Ridan alternifolia (Linnaeus) Kuntze, var. oppositifolia (Fresenius) Farwell, Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 2: 43. 1923.Actinomeris oppositifolius Fresenius 1836. 
Ridan alternifolia Ridan alternifolia (Linnaeus) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 360. 1891.Coreopsis alternifolia Linnaeus 1753. 
Verbesina coreopsis Verbesina coreopsis Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 134. 1803, nom. illegit.Coreopsis alternifolia Linnaeus 1753. 
Verbesina coreopsis var. lutea Verbesina coreopsis Michaux, var. lutea Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 134. 1803, nom. inadmiss.Verbesina coreopsis Michaux 1803, nom. illegit.; Coreopsis alternifolia Linnaeus 1753. 

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, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Cleburne, Coffee, Conecuh, Cullman, Dale, Dallas, Etowah, Henry, Jackson, Jefferson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Madison, Marengo, Montgomery, Morgan, Pike, Randolph, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tuscaloosa

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, 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
UWAL0057295 Bibb 06 Oct 2019 Keener, Brian R.
11664		 UWAL
Verbesina alternifolia (L.) Britton ex Kearney
UNA00049703 Blount 25 Jun 1883 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Verbesina alternifolia (L.) Britt. ex Kearney
UWAL0009465 Blount 29 Aug 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1559		 UWAL
Verbesina alternifolia (L.) Britt. ex Kearney
UNA00068715 Blount 29 Aug 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1559		 UNA
Verbesina alternifolia (L.) Britt. ex Kearney
UNA00058922 Blount 23 Oct 1999 Kral, Robert
88981		 UNA
Verbesina alternifolia (L.) Britt. ex Kearney
UWAL0014300 Blount 17 Oct 2010 Keener, Brian R.
6229		 UWAL
Verbesina alternifolia (Linnaeus) Britton ex Kearney
TROY000003002 Bullock 18 Sep 2003 Diamond, Alvin R.
14159		 TROY
Verbesina alternifolia (Linnaeus) Britton ex Kearney
AUA000008512 Bullock 18 Sep 2003 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
14159		 AUA
VERBESINA ALTERNIFOLIA (L.) BRITT. EX KEARNEY
UNA00060861 Bullock 18 Sep 2003 Diamond, Alvin R.
14159		 UNA
Verbesina alternifolia (L.) Britt. ex Kearney
TROY000038192 Bullock 26 Jul 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1086		 TROY
Verbesina alternifolia (Linnaeus) Britton ex Kearney
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