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Verbesina virginica var. virginica

Verbesina virginica L. var. virginica

common frostweed

Synonym(s): Phaethusa virginica
Verbesina virginica var. virginica (Common Frostweed)
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
Publish to Web: 1
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.
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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.

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USDA PLANTS DATABASE

USDA Symbol: VEVIV
USDA Common Name: White Crownbeard
Native Status: L48 (N)
Distribution: USA (AL, AR, DC, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV)
Duration: Biennial, Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb

2018 Natural Heritage Program List of Rare Plant Species of North Carolina

NHP IDS RANKROUNDED S RANKG RANKROUNDED G RANKSTATE STATUSFEDERAL STATUS
40287 S2? S2 G5?T5? T5 W7

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

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ABOUT 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)

WEB RESOURCES

USDA: Find Verbesina virginica var. virginica in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Verbesina virginica var. virginica in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Verbesina virginica var. virginica in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Verbesina virginica var. virginica

IMAGE USE RECORDS

ID IMAGE: 19146 - Primary Image FloraQuest Plant Detail Page (Landscape Preferred)
ID IMAGE1: 19146 - Primary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE2: 0 - Secondary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE3: 19146 - Primary Image Plant Sale Sign (Landscape Only)
ID IMAGE4: 0 - Primary Image New Plant Sale Label (Portrait Only)

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