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frostweed
Verbesina virginica
Verbesina virginica, known by the common names white crownbeard, or frostweed is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.
It is native to the Southeastern United States, where it is found in calcareous soil, often in bottomland thickets and edges of woods.
From the article Verbesina virginica on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
V. virginica grows to 2.1 metres (6.9 ft) tall with winged stalks and alternate, oval or lanceolate leaves. The leaves are up to 18 centimetres (7.1 in) long and 5.1 centimetres (2 in) wide and slightly toothed. Flower heads consist of multiple flowers arranged in a cluster, or corymb, at the terminal end of the stems. Each flower head actually consists of 1 to 5 ray florets and 8 to 15 disk florets.
Range & habitat
This species is endemic to a region from Iowa to Pennsylvania down the east coast to Florida's peninsula. A majority of individuals occur in Florida.
V. virginica has been observed in habitats such as mesic woodlands, slash pinewoods, floodplains, and mixed oak-pine woodlands.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 119982.