Verbesina helianthoides

ClassificationDicots
FamilyAsteraceae
Family (Traditional)Asteraceae
GenusVerbesina
Species:Verbesina helianthoides Michx.
Common NameGravelweed
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Basifixed; Base Flower Color: Yellow; Carpel Number/Pistil: 1; Fruit Complexity: Simple; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Cypsela; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: terminal; Inflorescence Types: corymb/cyme/umbel; Inflorescence Types: head; Ovary Position: Inferior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 1; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: Yes; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Complexity: Simple; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Basal; Sepal Fusion: N/A; Sepal Number: N/A; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 5; Tepal Number: N/A
C value 6
StatusNative; TN[SNR] KY[S5] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

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.

Counties included on distribution map: Ballard (KY), Barren (KY), Breckinridge (KY), Bullitt (KY), Butler (KY), Caldwell (KY), Calloway (KY), Christian (KY), Edmonson (KY), Fulton (KY), Hardin (KY), Hart (KY), Hopkins (KY), Jefferson (KY), Larue (KY), Logan (KY), Lyon (KY), McCracken (KY), McCreary (KY), Marshall (KY), Meade (KY), Todd (KY), Trigg (KY), Warren (KY), Benton (TN), Carroll (TN), Davidson (TN), Decatur (TN), Dickson (TN), Fayette (TN), Gibson (TN), Hamblen (TN), Hardeman (TN), Hardin (TN), Haywood (TN), Henderson (TN), Henry (TN), Hickman (TN), Humphreys (TN), Montgomery (TN), Perry (TN), Robertson (TN), Rutherford (TN), Shelby (TN), Stewart (TN), Wayne (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, BOON, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, MEM, TENN, UCHT, UTM

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1968 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
011479 Warren Kentucky 29 Jun 1970 Kenneth A. Nicely, Ernest E. Gough
2892
BOON
Verbesina helianthoides
011478 Warren Kentucky 29 Jun 1970 Kenneth A. Nicely, Ernest R. Gough
2886
BOON
Verbesina helianthoides
011477 Warren Kentucky 18 Sep 1980 B. Kruskamp
64
BOON
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0092241 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0088550 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0088549 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0088561 Edmonson Kentucky
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0022667 Robertson Tennessee
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0088548 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0022663 Fayette Tennessee
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0088551 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0022654 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0043937 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0022666 Benton Tennessee
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
31234100304730 Butler Kentucky 04 Jun 1995 Timothy J. Weckman
1571
EKY
Verbesina helianthoides
BEREA009674 Calloway Kentucky
BEREA
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0073370 Hopkins Kentucky
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0088619 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0022655 Christian Kentucky 26 Jun 1968
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0088562 Meade Kentucky
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0054771 Dickson Tennessee
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0022665 Henry Tennessee 24 Jul 1990 Edward Chester
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0073696 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
HTTU004092 Calloway Kentucky
HTTU
Verbesina helianthoides
TENN-V-0232073 Wayne Tennessee
TENN
Verbesina helianthoides
TENN-V-0232071 Perry Tennessee
TENN
Verbesina helianthoides
TENN-V-0232059 Gibson Tennessee
TENN
Verbesina helianthoides
TENN-V-0232060 Hardeman Tennessee
TENN
Verbesina helianthoides
TENN-V-0232063 Henderson Tennessee
TENN
Verbesina helianthoides
TENN-V-0232067 Hickman Tennessee
TENN
Verbesina helianthoides
TENN-V-0232055 Dickson Tennessee
TENN
Verbesina helianthoides
TENN-V-0244468 Dickson Tennessee
TENN
Verbesina helianthoides
TENN-V-0232051 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Verbesina helianthoides
TENN-V-0232062 Hardin Tennessee
TENN
Verbesina helianthoides
TENN-V-0232056 Dickson Tennessee
TENN
Verbesina helianthoides
TENN-V-0232050 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Verbesina helianthoides
TENN-V-0232053 Decatur Tennessee
TENN
Verbesina helianthoides
TENN-V-0232052 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Verbesina helianthoides
TENN-V-0232058 Fayette Tennessee
TENN
Verbesina helianthoides
TENN-V-0232068 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Verbesina helianthoides
TENN-V-0232054 Dickson Tennessee
TENN
Verbesina helianthoides
TENN-V-0232064 Henry Tennessee
TENN
Verbesina helianthoides
TENN-V-0232069 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Verbesina helianthoides
TENN-V-0232070 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Verbesina helianthoides
31234100304714 Calloway Kentucky 11 Jun 1982 Michael Woods
633
EKY
Verbesina helianthoides
31234100304748 Barren Kentucky 20 Jun 1978 G. Johnson
392
EKY
Verbesina helianthoides
BEREA009675 Trigg Kentucky
BEREA
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0083507 Hart Kentucky
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0073698 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0087302 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0080079 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0071208 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0088538 Edmonson Kentucky
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0040963 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0081219 Fulton Kentucky 15 Jun 1979 John Macgregor
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0022642 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
HTTU004090 Calloway Kentucky
HTTU
Verbesina helianthoides
HTTU004088 Todd Kentucky
HTTU
Verbesina helianthoides
UCHT040086 Hickman Tennessee
UCHT
Verbesina helianthoides
31234100304722 Butler Kentucky 11 Jul 1980 Richard H. Hannan
4513
EKY
Verbesina helianthoides
BEREA009673 Calloway Kentucky
BEREA
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0022651 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0022648 Stewart Tennessee 09 Jun 1986 Edward Chester
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0022662 Todd Kentucky 10 Jun 1969 Lloyd Settle
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0084045 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0022640 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0102912 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
HTTU004095 Calloway Kentucky
HTTU
Verbesina helianthoides
HTTU004091 Todd Kentucky
HTTU
Verbesina helianthoides
TENN-V-0232066 Hickman Tennessee
TENN
Verbesina helianthoides
TENN-V-0232072 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Verbesina helianthoides
MEM011937 Todd Kentucky 12 Jun 1976 Raymond Athey
3422
MEM
Verbesina helianthoides
MEM005861 Ballard Kentucky 11 Jun 1969 Raymond Athey
692
MEM
Verbesina helianthoides
MEM007953 Shelby Tennessee 06 Jun 1972 John E. Thompson
893
MEM
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0065211 Montgomery Tennessee 21 Jun 1989 R.Kral
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
MEM005110 McCracken Kentucky 15 Jun 1968 Raymond Athey
251
MEM
Verbesina helianthoides
UTM02162 Tennessee
UTM
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0081220 Fulton Kentucky 15 Jun 1979
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0022656 Todd Kentucky 10 Jun 1969 Lloyd Settle
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0022664 Hardin Kentucky 01 Jun 2006 Dwayne Estes
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0022650 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0088535 Barren Kentucky
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0022645 Stewart Tennessee 16 Jun 1988
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0088542 Barren Kentucky
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0022649 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0022688 Christian Kentucky 17 Jun 1993 Sallie Noel
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
HTTU004094 Calloway Kentucky
HTTU
Verbesina helianthoides
UCHT040087 Dickson Tennessee
UCHT
Verbesina helianthoides
31234100304698 Todd Kentucky 06 Jun 1980 Richard H. Hannan
3967
EKY
Verbesina helianthoides
TENN-V-0231869 Hardin Kentucky
TENN
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0042513 Caldwell Kentucky 03 Jun 2014 Mason Brock
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0090948 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0022644 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0022646 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0022659 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0071209 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
HTTU004096 McCracken Kentucky
HTTU
Verbesina helianthoides
HTTU004089 Calloway Kentucky
HTTU
Verbesina helianthoides
HTTU004097 Marshall Kentucky
HTTU
Verbesina helianthoides
31234100304755 Barren Kentucky 29 Jun 1979 G. Johnson
810
EKY
Verbesina helianthoides
31234100304706 Logan Kentucky 10 Jun 1980 Richard H. Hannan
3994
EKY
Verbesina helianthoides
TENN-V-0231881 McCreary Kentucky
TENN
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0121181 Breckinridge Kentucky
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0088537 Barren Kentucky
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0022647 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0118929 Christian Kentucky 16 Jun 2019 Mason Brock
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0102613 Butler Kentucky
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0067778 Larue Kentucky
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0073697 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0022661 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0022652 Stewart Tennessee 01 Jul 1983 Edward Chester
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0022638 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
APSC0088536 Fulton Kentucky 06 Jun 1972 Raymond Athey
APSC
Verbesina helianthoides
HTTU004087 Todd Kentucky
HTTU
Verbesina helianthoides
HTTU004093 Marshall Kentucky
HTTU
Verbesina helianthoides
ETSU013415 Hamblen Tennessee
ETSU
Verbesina helianthoides
TENN-V-0232061 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Verbesina helianthoides
TENN-V-0232065 Hickman Tennessee
TENN
Verbesina helianthoides
TENN-V-0232057 Dickson Tennessee
TENN
Verbesina helianthoides
MEM020417 Carroll Tennessee 09 May 1971 Betty Ann Thompson
149
MEM
Verbesina helianthoides
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Verbesina helianthoides - Joey Shaw
Verbesina helianthoides - Joey Shaw
Verbesina helianthoides - Milo Pyne
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Verbesina helianthoides - Theo Witsell
Verbesina helianthoides - Theo Witsell
Verbesina helianthoides - Theo Witsell
Verbesina helianthoides - Theo Witsell