Synonym(s): Phaethusa virginica
Image ID: 19146
Image by: Ware, Richard & Teresa
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library
PLANT INDEX
ID_PLANT: VEVIV
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Verbesina virginica var. virginica
Include in WOTAS: 0
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Last Modified: 2017-07-19
GENUS INDEX
GENUS CODE: VERBE2 GENUS SCIENTIFIC:Verbesina GENUS AUTHORITY: L. GENUS COMMON: Crownbeard GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of about 200-300 species, trees, shrubs, and herbs, of tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate America. GENUS IDENTIFICATION: GENUS REFERENCES: Strother in FNA (2006c); Olsen (1979)=Z; Coleman (1966)=Y; Cronquist (1980)=SE.
FAMILY INDEX
FAMILY CODE: ASTERA FAMILY SCIENTIFIC:Asteraceae FAMILY AUTHORITY: Dumortier 1822 or COMPOSITAE Giseke 1792 FAMILY COMMON: Aster Family FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 1500-1700 genera and 20,000-25,000 species, shrubs, herbs, trees, and vines, cosmopolitan in distribution. FAMILY REFERENCE: Cronquist (1980)=SE throughout family treatment.
This information is derived from the 2018 North Carolina Natural Heritage Program List of Rare Plant Species.
WEAKLEY FLORA
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Verbesina virginica var. virginica
COMMON NAME: Common Frostweed
SYNONYMY: [= C, GW, K, RAB, SE, Va, Z; < V. virginica - F, FNA, G, Il, WH3; = Phaethusa virginica (Linnaeus) Britton - S]
PHENOLOGY: Jul-Oct.
HABITAT: Moist to dryish forests, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks, in Coastal Plain ravines in VA over coquina limestone.
COMMENTS: Sc. NC (e. VA?) west to e. KS, south to s. FL and c. TX. Populations of V. virginica from e. VA appear to be substantially disjunct from other populations of either variety.
RANGE MAP: Verbesina virginica var. virginica.png
Key to Map SymbolsABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora) Asteraceae Dumortier 1822 or COMPOSITAE Giseke 1792 (Aster Family) SUMMARY: A family of about 1500-1700 genera and 20,000-25,000 species, shrubs, herbs, trees, and vines, cosmopolitan in distribution. REFERENCE: Cronquist (1980)=SE throughout family treatment.ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora) Verbesina L. (Crownbeard) SUMMARY: A genus of about 200-300 species, trees, shrubs, and herbs, of tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate America. REFERENCE: Strother in FNA (2006c); Olsen (1979)=Z; Coleman (1966)=Y; Cronquist (1980)=SE.
HERBARIUM RESOURCES
SERNEC: Find Verbesina virginica var. virginica in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available) UNC SERNEC: Find Verbesina virginica var. virginica in
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)