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Yellow Crownbeard

Verbesina occidentalis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 259, February 312, March 289, April 463, May 465, June 280, July 224, August 212, September 1,008, October 347, November 209, December 239.
United States13,563
North Carolina3,508
Virginia3,132
Maryland1,145
Georgia1,141
Tennessee954
South Carolina784
Alabama500
Kentucky261
West Virginia231

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderSunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales
FamilySunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae
Genuscrownbeards · Verbesina

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Practise Yellow Crownbeard with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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