Verbesina virginica

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Species Distribution Map
Family:ASTERACEAE
Species:Verbesina virginica L.
Common Name:White Crownbeard; Frostweed
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:VEVI3
Plant Notes:White Crownbeard is a native herbaceous biennial or perennial in the Sunflower family (Asteraceae). It can be found throughout Alabama. White Crownbeard occurs in prairies, in pastures, in forest openings, along streams, and on roadsides. It is most common in areas with neutral or basic soils. White Crownbeard is a perennial from a short upright rootstock with long, thick, cord-like roots and rhizomes. The stems are 3-8 feet in height and unbranched below the inflorescence. The stems are green in color, with winged internodes, and pubescent. Leaves are alternate, petiolate with winged petioles, ovate to lanceolate in outline, with toothed margins. The leaves are pubescent on both surfaces. Flowers are produced in heads. The heads are arranged in corymbs. Each head has 1-7 white ray flowers and 8-15 off-white disc flowers. The fruit is a winged achene with two small bristles at its apex. White Crownbeard is available from many native plant nurseries. It prefers a moist, organic rich soil in full sun or light shade. Plants can become weedy, spreading by seed and from rhizomes. Because of its height, it is best used along the back of beds or as a screen along a forest edge or stream. White Crownbeard is attractive to many species of butterflies. An alternate name for this plant is “Frost flower”. Dead stems take up moisture from the soil during the winter. When they freeze at night, the ice expands into thin curving “petals” from the stem.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FACU (NWI)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyASTERACEAE - Aster family
Genus Verbesina
Species Verbesina virginica L. - White Crownbeard; Frostweed

Citation

Citation Verbesina virginica Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 901. 1753.
Basionym: **
Type: USA: VIRGINIA: Without data, Clayton 166 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypiifed by Olsen, Sida 8: 132. 1979.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Phaethusa laciniata Phaethusa laciniata (Poiret) Small, Fl. Miami 195, 200. 1913.Sigesbeckia laciniata Poiret 1806. 
Phaethusa virginica Phaethusa virginica (Linnaeus) Britton, in Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 3: 487. 1913.Verbesina virginica Linnaeus 1753. 
Sigesbeckia laciniata Sigesbeckia laciniata Poiret, in Lamarck, Encycl. 7: 158. 1806. SOUTH CAROLINA: Without data, Bosc s.n. (holotype: P).
Verbesina laciniata Verbesina laciniata (Poiret) Nuttall, Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 170. 1818.Sigesbeckia laciniata Poiret 1806. 
Verbesina paniculata Verbesina paniculata Poiret, in Lamarck, Encycl. 8: 456. 1808. SOUTH CAROLINA:
Verbesina polycephala Verbesina polycephala de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 616. 1836. TEXAS: Bexar Co.: San Antonio, 1828, Berlandier 1830 (holotype: G-DC; isotype: MO).
Verbesina sinuata Verbesina sinuata Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 2: 411. 1823, nom. illegit.Sigesbeckia laciniata Poiret 1806. 
Verbesina virginica var. insularis Verbesina virginica Linnaeus, var. insularis B. L. Robinson & Greenman, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 34: 560. 1899. CAPE VERDE ISLANDS: Fernando de Noronha, 1887, Ridley et al. s.n. (holotype: GH).
Verbesina virginica var. laciniata Verbesina virginica Linnaeus, var. laciniata (Poiret) A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 11. 1883.Sigesbeckia laciniata Poiret 1806. 

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: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers, Chilton, Choctaw, Clay, Cleburne, Coffee, Colbert, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Cullman, Dallas, DeKalb, Escambia, Etowah, Franklin, Hale, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Madison, Marengo, Marshall, Mobile, Montgomery, Morgan, Pickens, Pike, Sumter, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Wilcox

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

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

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1878 - 2019

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
AUA000008550 Choctaw 8 Sep 1970 Moore, Harold D.
948		 AUA
Verbesina Virginica L.
UNA00049702 Tuscaloosa 01 Oct 1975 Hoener, Fred K.
1300		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L.
JSU124556 Wilcox 9 Sep 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
1256		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UNA00049699 Tuscaloosa 23 Sep 1968 Thomas, Joab L.
1820		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L.
AUA000008567 Wilcox 2 Oct 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
1354		 AUA
Verbesina Virginica L.
TROY000028730 Lawrence 04 Oct 2008 England, J. Kevin
1342		 TROY
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
JSU124554 Morgan 15 Sep 1996 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9180		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
TROY000003021 Bullock 04 Sep 2003 Diamond, Alvin R.
14100		 TROY
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
SAMF0006021 Bibb 13 Sep 2015 Davenport, Lawrence J.
5956		 SAMF
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UNA00049693 Barbour 26 Sep 1976 Haynes, Robert R.
6007		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L.
SAMF0005760 Jefferson 24 Sep 2010 LeCroy, Kate
13a		 SAMF
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UWAL0009473 Butler 12 Oct 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18536		 UWAL
Verbesina virginica L.
JSU124545 Jefferson 23 Sep 1984 Bussey, Melanie G.
1000a		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
AUA000008563 Macon 15 Oct 1976 Sessler, Ann H.
 AUA
Verbesina Virginica L.
AMAL00021323 Marengo 04 Sep 2008 England, Kevin J.
1008		 AMAL
Verbesina virginica L.
AMAL00003523 Madison 24 Aug 1996 Threlkeld, S.J.
862		 AMAL
Verbesina virginica L.
JSU124467 Calhoun 24 Aug 1982 Whetstone, R. David
12007		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
AUA000008559 Dallas 7 Sep 1970 Moore, Harold D.
846		 AUA
Verbesina Virginica L.
UNA00069342 Marengo 04 Sep 2008 England, J. Kevin
1008		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L.
USAM000002858 Mobile 07 Oct 1978 LeLong, Michel G.
10529		 USAM
Verbesina virginica L.
UWAL0009940 Hale 03 Aug 2008 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13142		 UWAL
Verbesina virginica L.
JSU124543 Jefferson 17 Oct 1975 Whetstone, R. David
7287		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
TROY000003022 Conecuh 09 Sep 2000 Diamond, Alvin R.
12101		 TROY
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
JSU124470 Clay 23 Aug 1992 Ballard, J. Mark
541		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
ALNHS00003404 Jackson 26 Aug 2009 Barger, T. Wayne
HC-323		 ALNHS
Verbesina virginica L. var. virginica
SAMF0005768 Tuscaloosa 04 Sep 1979 Davenport, Lawrence J.
1589		 SAMF
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UWAL0030010 Morgan 06 Sep 2015 England, J. Kevin
5706		 UWAL
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
TROY000044542 Hale 03 Aug 2008 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13142		 TROY
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UWAL0009477 Montgomery 14 Sep 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
20007		 UWAL
Verbesina virginica L.
JSU124546 Jefferson 23 Sep 1984 Bussey, Melanie G.
1000a		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
AUA000008547 Bibb 1 Oct 1977 Sessler, Ann H.
1929		 AUA
Verbesina Virginica L.
AMAL00003524 Montgomery 16 Sep 2001 Diamond, Alvin R.
12664		 AMAL
Verbesina virginica L.
AMAL00005915 Hale 03 Aug 2008 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13142		 AMAL
Verbesina virginica L.
JSU124468 Calhoun 24 Aug 1982 Whetstone, R. David
12007		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
TROY000003025 Mobile 21 Oct 1970 Shinners, Lloyd H.
33368		 TROY
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
AUA000043766 Madison 14 Sep 2019 Hansen, Curtis J.
7761		 AUA
Verbesina Virginica L.
UWAL0009475 Lawrence 04 Oct 2008 England, J. Kevin
1342		 UWAL
Verbesina virginica L.
TROY000016570 Chilton 27 Jul 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15609		 TROY
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
AUA000008548 Bullock 4 Sep 2003 Diamond, Alvin R.
14100		 AUA
Verbesina Virginica L.
JSU124544 Jefferson 17 Oct 1975 Whetstone, R. David
7287		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UWAL0042509 Bullock 27 Aug 2017 Horne, Howard E.
4159		 UWAL
Verbesina virginica L.
SAMF0005767 Bibb 30 Aug 2011 Davenport, Lawrence J.
4843		 SAMF
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UWAL0009481 Wilcox 14 Sep 2007 Keener, Brian R.
4863		 UWAL
Verbesina virginica L.
AUA000008557 Crenshaw 4 Sep 1995 Diamond, Alvin R.
9922		 AUA
Verbesina Virginica L.
TROY000030194 Jackson 26 Aug 2009 Barger, T. Wayne
323		 TROY
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
JSU124475 Etowah 20 Oct 1983 Whetstone, R. David
13788		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UNA00049696 Lowndes 03 Oct 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
1363		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L.
AUA000036894 Morgan 20 Sep 2015 England, J. Kevin
5761		 AUA
Verbesina Virginica L.
AMAL00021076 Marengo 11 Sep 2013 Barger, T. Wayne
1201		 AMAL
Verbesina virginica L.
AMAL00017191 Cullman 15 Aug 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4778		 AMAL
Verbesina virginica L.
UNA00015361 Lauderdale 12 Sep 1878 Smith, Eugene A.
s.n.		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L.
JSU124464 Calhoun 19 Aug 1969 Landers, Kenneth E.
s.n.		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UNA00069487 Cullman 15 Aug 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4778		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L.
AUA000041367 Escambia 18 Oct 2012 Hansen, Curtis J.
5757		 AUA
Verbesina Virginica L.
UWAL0009478 Pickens 10 Sep 2008 England, J. Kevin
1086		 UWAL
Verbesina virginica L.
TROY000003024 Lowndes 09 Sep 2004 Hansen, Curtis J.
1620		 TROY
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
AUA000008566 Tallapoosa 12 Aug 1974 Hutto, T.A.
486		 AUA
Verbesina Virginica L.
JSU124541 Jefferson 17 Oct 1975 Whetstone, R. David
7287		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UNA00067138 Sumter 25 Sep 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3872		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L. var. virginica
USAM000002859 Mobile 22 Sep 1969 LeLong, Michel G.
5273		 USAM
Verbesina virginica L.
UWAL0043868 Baldwin 02 Oct 2001 Larsen, Harry S.
931		 UWAL
Verbesina virginica L.
UWAL0009479 Sumter 25 Sep 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3872		 UWAL
Verbesina virginica L.
TROY000016297 Butler 12 Oct 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18536		 TROY
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
AUA000008558 Crenshaw 11 Oct 1998 Diamond, Alvin R.
11461		 AUA
Verbesina Virginica L.
UNA00066962 Tuscaloosa 06 Nov 2006 Keener, Brian R.
3267		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L. var. virginica
SAMF0007096 Bibb 02 Oct 2020 Davenport, Lawrence J.
6767		 SAMF
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
AUA000008562 Lowndes 9 Sep 2004 Hansen, Curtis J.
1620		 AUA
Verbesina Virginica L.
AMAL00021156 Colbert 22 Aug 2013 Barger, T. Wayne
FH-103		 AMAL
Verbesina virginica L. var. virginica
AMAL00015852 Sumter 25 Sep 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3872		 AMAL
Verbesina virginica L. var. virginica
UNA00060466 Mobile 25 Dec 2002 Zebryk, Tad M.
8142		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L.
JSU124466 Calhoun 19 Aug 1969 Landers, Kenneth E.
s.n.		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UNA00049700 Bibb 18 Aug 1967 Thomas, Joab L.
1152		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L.
AUA000041364 Escambia 18 Oct 2012 Hansen, Curtis J.
5757		 AUA
Verbesina Virginica L.
UWAL0050130 Autauga 05 Oct 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1368		 UWAL
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
SAMF0005987 Bibb 17 Sep 2015 Davenport, Lawrence J.
5961		 SAMF
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UWAL0015153 Pike 20 Aug 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24459		 UWAL
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
JSU124542 Jefferson 17 Oct 1975 Whetstone, R. David
7287		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
ALNHS00001253 Franklin 14 Aug 2012 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#695		 ALNHS
Verbesina virginica L. var. virginica
JSU124471 Clay 23 Aug 1992 Ballard, J. Mark
541		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UWAL0033298 Franklin 13 Aug 2016 England, J. Kevin
6722		 UWAL
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UWAL0051906 Madison 04 Oct 2020 England, J. Kevin
11277		 UWAL
Verbesina virginica L.
TROY000028725 Cullman 15 Aug 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4778		 TROY
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
AUA000008560 Lee 13 Sep 2000 Hansen, Curtis J.
2000-77		 AUA
Verbesina Virginica L.
UNA00053998 Blount 06 Sep 1997 Keener, Brian R.
385		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L.
JSU124480 Jackson 31 Oct 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
1527		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
AUA000038819 Lee 7 Aug 1965 Hocking, George M.
717		 AUA
Verbesina Virginica L.
AMAL00008092 Bullock 04 Sep 2003 Diamond, Alvin R.
14100		 AMAL
Verbesina virginica L.
AMAL00004096 Hale 03 Aug 2008 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13142		 AMAL
Verbensina virginica L.
TROY000042609 Houston 13 Aug 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26730		 TROY
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
JSU124551 Madison 22 Sep 1995 Whetstone, R. David
s.n.		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
AUA000039090 Morgan 13 Sep 1933 Wolf, Wolfgang
 AUA
Verbesina Virginica L.
UNA00049694 Mobile _ Sep _ Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L.
JSU124469 Choctaw 13 Sep 1997 Higginbotham, Jerri W.
289		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UNA00049698 Sumter 09 Sep 1967 Thomas, Joab L.
1170		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L.
JSU124549 Lawrence 12 Aug 1974 Atkinson, Tim A.
649		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
AUA000008561 Lowndes 3 Oct 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
1363		 AUA
Verbesina Virginica L.
TROY000015979 Marengo 04 Sep 2008 England, J. Kevin
1008		 TROY
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
JSU124477 Etowah 25 Oct 1984 Whetstone, R. David
14836		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
TROY000003026 Montgomery 16 Sep 2001 Diamond, Alvin R.
12664		 TROY
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
JSU124547 Jefferson 28 Aug 1985 Barber, J. Patrick
1724		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UNA00056145 Coffee 28 Aug 1998 MacDonald, John R.
11946		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L.
USAM000002860 Mobile 13 Oct 1973 LeLong, Michel G.
7350		 USAM
Verbesina virginica L.
UWAL0009474 Cullman 15 Aug 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4778		 UWAL
Verbesina virginica L.
JSU124553 Morgan 7 Aug 1975 Whetstone, R. David
6022		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
AUA000008568 Bibb 16 Sep 1976 Sessler, Ann H.
703		 AUA
Verbesina Virginica L. Var. Virginica
AMAL00012309 Lowndes 09 Sep 2004 Hansen, Curtis J.
1620		 AMAL
Verbensina virginica L.
UNA00049701 Mobile 06 Nov 1965 Deramus, Rebecca
D818		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L.
AUA000008565 Pike 23 Aug 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
5382		 AUA
Verbesina Virginica L.
AUA000008564 Mobile 25 Dec 2002 Zebryk, Tad M.
8142		 AUA
Verbesina Virginica L.
UWAL0057397 Bibb 02 Sep 2019 Keener, Brian R.
11567		 UWAL
Verbesina virginica L.
JSU124550 Lawrence 12 Aug 1974 Whetstone, R. David
3606		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
TROY000003023 Crenshaw 10 Sep 2000 Diamond, Alvin R.
12133		 TROY
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
JSU124479 Etowah 20 Aug 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
3080		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UWAL0009480 Tuscaloosa 06 Nov 2006 Keener, Brian R.
3267		 UWAL
Verbesina virginica L.
JSU124478 Etowah 25 Oct 1984 Whetstone, R. David
14836		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
TROY000016572 Sumter 25 Sep 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3872		 TROY
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
JSU124552 Marshall 27 Sep 1991 Spaulding, Daniel D.
1027		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UNA00050312 Etowah 25 Oct 1984 Whetstone, R.D.
14836		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L.
JSU124465 Calhoun 9 Sep 1986 Lawler, Carol L.
1160		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UNA00049697 Hale s.d. Glenboski, Linda Leigh
4		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L.
JSU124472 Cleburne 8 Sep 1983 Whetstone, R. David
13694		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
AUA000008546 Bibb 20 Sep 1976 Sessler, Ann H.
765		 AUA
Verbesina Virginica L.
AMAL00016742 Lauderdale 12 Aug 2009 Holt, Brian D.
SC-173		 AMAL
Verbesina virginica L.
UNA00049692 Mobile 16 Oct 1966 Deramus, Rebecca
D1019		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L.
JSU124462 Bibb 25 Sep 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
1475		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
AUA000008549 Chambers 23 Aug 1991 Diamond, Alvin R.
7697		 AUA
Verbesina Virginica L.
TROY000016298 Butler 06 Sep 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18053		 TROY
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
JSU124474 DeKalb 14 Oct 1975 Whetstone, R. David
7540		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UWAL0009476 Marengo 04 Sep 2008 England, J. Kevin
1008		 UWAL
Verbesina virginica L.
TROY000016571 Etowah 01 Oct 1976 Atkinson, Tim A.
1960		 TROY
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
JSU124548 Lawrence 12 Aug 1974 Whetstone, R. David
3606		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
TROY000038457 Pike 20 Aug 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24459		 TROY
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
JSU124555 Tuscaloosa 16 Oct 1975 Whetstone, R. David
7249		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UWAL0032108 Houston 13 Aug 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26730		 UWAL
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
AUA000030530 Morgan 6 Sep 2015 England, J. Kevin
5706		 AUA
Verbesina Virginica L.
TROY000049639 Autauga 05 Oct 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1368		 TROY
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
AUA000008553 Conecuh 29 Aug 1986 Diamond, Alvin R.
2736		 AUA
Verbesina Virginica L.
ALNHS00002432 Marengo 11 Sep 2013 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1201		 ALNHS
Verbesina virginica L. var. virginica
JSU124476 Etowah 20 Oct 1983 Whetstone, R. David
13788		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UNA00049695 Wilcox 02 Oct 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
1354		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L.
JSU124473 Cleburne 8 Sep 1983 Whetstone, R. David
13694		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
AMAL00020787 Calhoun 30 Aug 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
4814		 AMAL
Verbesina virginica L.
AMAL00012500 Tuscaloosa 06 Nov 2006 Keener, Brian R.
3267		 AMAL
Verbesina virgnica L. var. virginica
UNA00060834 Bullock 04 Sep 2003 Diamond, Alvin R.
14100		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L.
JSU124463 Bibb 25 Sep 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
1475		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UWAL0019937 Morgan 20 Sep 2015 England, J. Kevin
5761		 UWAL
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus var. virginica
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