Verbesina virginica

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Species Distribution Map
Family:ASTERACEAE
Species:Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
Common Name:White Crownbeard; Frostweed
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:**
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 Linnaeus - White Crownbeard; Frostweed

Citation

Citation VERBESINA VIRGINICA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 901. 1753.
Basionym: **
Type: 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: Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers, Chilton, Choctaw, Clay, Cleburne, Coffee, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Cullman, Dallas, DeKalb, 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: AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
UNA00049697 Hale s.d. Linda Leigh Glenboski
4		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L.
AUA000008557 Crenshaw 4 SEP 1995 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
9922		 AUA
VERBESINA VIRGINICA L.
UWAL0009479 Sumter 25 Sep 2007 Brian R. Keener
3872		 UWAL
Verbesina virginica L.
TROY000016572 Sumter 25 Sep 2007 Brian R. Keener
3872		 TROY
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UNA00049696 Lowndes 3 Oct 1982 S. C. Gunn
1363		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L.
USAM000002858 Mobile 07 Oct 1978 Michel G. Lelong
10529		 USAM
Verbesina virginica L.
JSU124554 Morgan 15 Sep 1996 D. D. Spaulding
9180		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
USAM000002860 Mobile 13 Oct 1973 Michel G. Lelong
7350		 USAM
Verbesina virginica L.
JSU124547 Jefferson 28 Aug 1985 J. P. Barber
1724		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UWAL0009481 Wilcox 14 Sep 2007 Brian R. Keener
4863		 UWAL
Verbesina virginica L.
AUA000008564 Mobile 25 DEC 2002 ZEBRYK, TAD M.
8142		 AUA
VERBESINA VIRGINICA L.
SAMF0005768 Tuscaloosa 04 Sep 1979 L. J. Davenport
1589		 SAMF
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
JSU124551 Madison 22 Sep 1995 R. D. Whetstone
s.n.		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UWAL0009474 Cullman 15 Aug 2008 Brian R. Keener
4778		 UWAL
Verbesina virginica L.
AUA000008568 Bibb 16 SEP 1976 SESSLER, ANN H.
703		 AUA
VERBESINA VIRGINICA L. var. VIRGINICA
AUA000008559 Dallas 7 SEP 1970 MOORE, HAROLD D.
846		 AUA
VERBESINA VIRGINICA L.
UWAL0032108 Houston 13 Aug 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26730		 UWAL
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
AUA000008553 Conecuh 29 AUG 1986 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
2736		 AUA
VERBESINA VIRGINICA L.
UWAL0009480 Tuscaloosa 06 Nov 2006 Brian R. Keener
3267		 UWAL
Verbesina virginica L.
UWAL0015153 Pike 20 Aug 2013 Alvin R. Diamond
24459		 UWAL
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UNA00049695 Wilcox 2 Oct 1982 S. C. Gunn
1354		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L.
AUA000008562 Lowndes 9 SEP 2004 HANSEN, CURTIS J.
1620		 AUA
VERBESINA VIRGINICA L.
JSU124465 Calhoun 9 Sep 1986 C. L. Lawler
1160		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
AUA000008566 Tallapoosa 12 AUG 1974 HUTTO, T. A.
486		 AUA
VERBESINA VIRGINICA L.
JSU124479 Etowah 20 Aug 1994 L. M. Hodge
3080		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
TROY000003023 Crenshaw 10 Sep 2000 Alvin R. Diamond
12133		 TROY
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
SAMF0005760 Jefferson 24 Sep 2010 Kate LeCroy
13a		 SAMF
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
TROY000003025 Mobile 21 Oct 1970 Lloyd H. Shinners
33368		 TROY
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
TROY000016571 Etowah 01 Oct 1976 T. A. Atkinson
1960		 TROY
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
JSU124475 Etowah 20 Oct 1983 R. D. Whetstone
13788		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UWAL0009478 Pickens 10 Sep 2008 J. Kevin England
1086		 UWAL
Verbesina virginica L.
AUA000008563 Macon 15 OCT 1976 SESSLER, ANN H.
 AUA
VERBESINA VIRGINICA L.
JSU124545 Jefferson 23 Sep 1984 M. G. Bussey
1000a		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UNA00049701 Mobile 6 Nov 1965 Rebecca Deramus
D818		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L.
UNA00049699 Tuscaloosa 23 Sep 1968 Joab L. Thomas
1820		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L. var. virginica
AUA000008565 Pike 23 AUG 1988 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
5382		 AUA
VERBESINA VIRGINICA L.
TROY000030194 Jackson 26 Aug 2009 Terry Wayne Barger
323		 TROY
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
TROY000003021 Bullock 04 Sep 2003 Alvin R. Diamond
14100		 TROY
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
JSU124553 Morgan 7 Aug 1975 R. D. Whetstone
6022		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
SAMF0005987 Bibb 17 Sep 2015 L. J. Davenport
5961		 SAMF
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus||||
JSU124466 Calhoun 19 Aug 1969 K. E. Landers
s.n.		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UNA00067138 Sumter 25 Sep 2007 Brian R. Keener
3872		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L. var. virginica
JSU124541 Jefferson 17 Oct 1975 R. D. Whetstone
7287		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
JSU124477 Etowah 25 Oct 1984 R. D. Whetstone
14836		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
TROY000003026 Montgomery 16 Sep 2001 Alvin R. Diamond
12664		 TROY
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
JSU124546 Jefferson 23 Sep 1984 M. G. Bussey
1000a		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UNA00049692 Mobile 16 Oct 1966 Rebecca Deramus
D1019		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L.
AUA000030530 Morgan 6 SEP 2015 ENGLAND, J. KEVIN
5706		 AUA
VERBESINA VIRGINICA L.
UNA00049700 Bibb 18 Aug 1967 Joab L. Thomas
1152		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L. var. virginica
AUA000008558 Crenshaw 11 OCT 1998 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
11461		 AUA
VERBESINA VIRGINICA L.
UWAL0019937 Morgan 20 Sep 2015 J. Kevin England
5761		 UWAL
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus var. virginica
UWAL0009473 Butler 12 Oct 2007 A.R. Diamond
18536		 UWAL
Verbesina virginica L.
JSU124464 Calhoun 19 Aug 1969 K. E. Landers
s.n.		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UNA00069487 Cullman 15 Aug 2008 Brian R. Keener
4778		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L.
SAMF0006021 Bibb 13 Sep 2015 L. J. Davenport
5956		 SAMF
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus||||
JSU124544 Jefferson 17 Oct 1975 R. D. Whetstone
7287		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
JSU124467 Calhoun 24 Aug 1982 R. D. Whetstone
12007		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UNA00015361 Lauderdale 12 Sep 1878 Eugene A. Smith
s.n.		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L.
JSU124550 Lawrence 12 Aug 1974 R. D. Whetstone
3606		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UNA00049693 Barbour 26 Sep 1976 Robert R. Haynes
6007		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L.
UNA00049698 Sumter 9 Sep 1967 Joab L. Thomas
1170		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L. var. virginica
AUA000008549 Chambers 23 AUG 1991 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
7697		 AUA
VERBESINA VIRGINICA L.
JSU124549 Lawrence 12 Aug 1974 T. A. Atkinson
649		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
AUA000008567 Wilcox 2 OCT 1982 GUNN, SCOTT C.
1354		 AUA
VERBESINA VIRGINICA L.
TROY000016298 Butler 06 Sep 2007 Alvin R. Diamond
18053		 TROY
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
JSU124472 Cleburne 8 Sep 1983 R. D. Whetstone
13694		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
TROY000044542 Hale 03 Aug 2008 Daniel D. Spaulding
13142		 TROY
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
JSU124462 Bibb 25 Sep 1998 K. R. Brodeur
1475		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UNA00066962 Tuscaloosa 6 Nov 2006 Brian R. Keener
3267		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L. var. virginica
JSU124542 Jefferson 17 Oct 1975 R. D. Whetstone
7287		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
JSU124478 Etowah 25 Oct 1984 R. D. Whetstone
14836		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
TROY000016570 Chilton 27 Jul 2005 Alvin R. Diamond
15609		 TROY
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
JSU124548 Lawrence 12 Aug 1974 R. D. Whetstone
3606		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
TROY000003024 Lowndes 09 Sep 2004 Curtis J. Hansen
1620		 TROY
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
JSU124471 Clay 23 Aug 1992 J. M. Ballard
541		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UNA00056145 Coffee 28 Aug 1998 John R. MacDonald
11946		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L.
UWAL0009476 Marengo 04 Sep 2008 J. Kevin England
1008		 UWAL
Verbesina virginica L.
AUA000008561 Lowndes 3 OCT 1982 GUNN, SCOTT C.
1363		 AUA
VERBESINA VIRGINICA L.
TROY000016297 Butler 12 Oct 2007 Alvin R. Diamond
18536		 TROY
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
JSU124463 Bibb 25 Sep 1998 K. R. Brodeur
1475		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UNA00053998 Blount 6 Sep 1997 Brian R. Keener
385		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L.
JSU124473 Cleburne 8 Sep 1983 R. D. Whetstone
13694		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UWAL0030010 Morgan 06 Sep 2015 England, J. Kevin
5706		 UWAL
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
JSU124543 Jefferson 17 Oct 1975 R. D. Whetstone
7287		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UWAL0009940 Hale 3 Aug 2008 D.D. Spaulding
13142		 UWAL
Verbesina virginica L.
TROY000028725 Cullman 15 Aug 2008 Brian R. Keener
4778		 TROY
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UNA00050312 Etowah 25 Oct 1984 R. D. Whetstone
14836		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L.
AUA000008548 Bullock 4 SEP 2003 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
14100		 AUA
VERBESINA VIRGINICA L.
UNA00049702 Tuscaloosa 1 Oct 1975 Fred K. Hoener
1300		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L.
TROY000028730 Lawrence 04 Oct 2008 J. Kevin England
1342		 TROY
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UNA00060466 Mobile 25 Dec 2002 Tad M. Zebryk
8142		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L.
JSU124552 Marshall 27 Sep 1991 D. D. Spaulding
1027		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
JSU124469 Choctaw 13 Sep 1997 J. W. Higginbotham
289		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UNA00060834 Bullock 4 Sep 2003 Alvin R. Diamond
14100		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L.
USAM000002859 Mobile 22 Sep 1969 Michel G. Lelong
5273		 USAM
Verbesina virginica L.
SAMF0005767 Bibb 30 Aug 2011 L. J. Davenport
4843		 SAMF
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
AUA000008550 Choctaw 8 SEP 1970 MOORE, HAROLD D.
948		 AUA
VERBESINA VIRGINICA L.
JSU124555 Tuscaloosa 16 Oct 1975 R. D. Whetstone
7249		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
JSU124468 Calhoun 24 Aug 1982 R. D. Whetstone
12007		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UNA00049694 Mobile _ Sep _ Charles Mohr
s.n.		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L.
AUA000008546 Bibb 20 SEP 1976 SESSLER, ANN H.
765		 AUA
VERBESINA VIRGINICA L.
JSU124474 DeKalb 14 Oct 1975 R. D. Whetstone
7540		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
TROY000015979 Marengo 04 Sep 2008 J. Kevin England
1008		 TROY
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
JSU124470 Clay 23 Aug 1992 J. M. Ballard
541		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UNA00069342 Marengo 4 Sep 2008 Kevin England
1008		 UNA
Verbesina virginica L.
UWAL0009477 Montgomery 14 Sep 2008 A.R. Diamond
20007		 UWAL
Verbesina virginica L.
AUA000008560 Lee 13 SEP 2000 HANSEN, CURTIS J.
2000-77		 AUA
VERBESINA VIRGINICA L.
TROY000038457 Pike 20 Aug 2013 Alvin R. Diamond
24459		 TROY
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
JSU124480 Jackson 31 Oct 1998 K. R. Brodeur
1527		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
TROY000003022 Conecuh 09 Sep 2000 Alvin R. Diamond
12101		 TROY
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
JSU124556 Wilcox 9 Sep 1982 S. C. Gunn
1256		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UWAL0033298 Franklin 13 Aug 2016 England, J. Kevin
6722		 UWAL
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
TROY000042609 Houston 13 Aug 2015 Alvin R. Diamond
26730		 TROY
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
JSU124476 Etowah 20 Oct 1983 R. D. Whetstone
13788		 JSU
Verbesina virginica Linnaeus
UWAL0009475 Lawrence 04 Oct 2008 J. Kevin England
1342		 UWAL
Verbesina virginica L.
AUA000008547 Bibb 1 OCT 1977 SESSLER, ANN H.
1929		 AUA
VERBESINA VIRGINICA L.
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