Verbesina occidentalis

Classification	Dicots
Family	Asteraceae
Family (Traditional)	Asteraceae
Genus	Verbesina
Species:	Verbesina occidentalis (L.) Walter
Common Name	Yellow Crownbeard
Growth Habit	forb
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: BISO; Natural Area Presence: FCFSP; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Natural Area Presence: LRC; Natural Area Presence: LULA; Natural Area Presence: NRG; Natural Area Presence: ObedWSR; Natural Area Presence: TRG; Natural Area Presence: UCR; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaflet Margins: entire; 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	4
Status	Native; AGCP (FACU), EMP (FACU) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S5] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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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

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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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: Bell (KY), Clay (KY), Fayette (KY), Garrard (KY), Harlan (KY), Jessamine (KY), Johnson (KY), Laurel (KY), Lawrence (KY), Lewis (KY), McCreary (KY), Madison (KY), Mercer (KY), Monroe (KY), Pike (KY), Pulaski (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Spencer (KY), Whitley (KY), Wolfe (KY), Blount (TN), Campbell (TN), Carter (TN), Claiborne (TN), Clay (TN), Cocke (TN), Cumberland (TN), DeKalb (TN), Franklin (TN), Grainger (TN), Greene (TN), Hamblen (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hawkins (TN), Henry (TN), Jackson (TN), Johnson (TN), Knox (TN), Loudon (TN), Macon (TN), Marion (TN), Marshall (TN), Monroe (TN), Montgomery (TN), Morgan (TN), Obion (TN), Overton (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Roane (TN), Scott (TN), Sequatchie (TN), Sevier (TN), Smith (TN), Sullivan (TN), Unicoi (TN), Union (TN), Van Buren (TN), Washington (TN), Weakley (TN), White (TN)

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

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1955 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
31234100304813	Jessamine	Kentucky	02 Oct 1965	E. T. Browne Jr. 11586	EKY Verbesina occidentalis
31234100304763	Bell	Kentucky	25 Sep 2005	Amy V. McIntosh 1474	EKY Verbesina occidentalis
31234100304920	McCreary	Kentucky	20 Aug 1972	Elizabeth M. Browne 72H20.12	EKY Verbesina occidentalis
31234100304896	McCreary	Kentucky	24 Jun 1972	Elizabeth M. Browne 72E8.30	EKY Verbesina occidentalis
31234100304938	Mercer	Kentucky	19 Aug 1955	Mary E. Wharton 9465	EKY Verbesina occidentalis
31234100304805	Harlan	Kentucky	11 Oct 1999	Timothy J. Weckman 5518	EKY Verbesina occidentalis
31234100304862	Lawrence	Kentucky	26 Sep 2010	Romie Hugnart	EKY Verbesina occidentalis
31234100304771	Fayette	Kentucky	12 Sep 1964	Elizabeth M. Browne 9447	EKY Verbesina occidentalis
31234100304789	Garrard	Kentucky	10 Sep 2010	W. W. Overbeck 875	EKY Verbesina occidentalis
31234100304847	Laurel	Kentucky	24 Oct 1985	Ralph L. Thompson 85-695	EKY Verbesina occidentalis
31234100304953	Pike	Kentucky	23 Jun 1965	Elizabeth M. Browne 10387	EKY Verbesina occidentalis
31234100304821	Jessamine	Kentucky	10 Oct 1978	Johnnie B. Varner 12108	EKY Verbesina occidentalis
31234100304912	McCreary	Kentucky	11 Sep 1996	David D. Taylor 18353	EKY Verbesina occidentalis
31234100304904	McCreary	Kentucky	17 Sep 1993	David D. Taylor 17137	EKY Verbesina occidentalis
31234100304987	Rockcastle	Kentucky	17 Sep 1977	Richard H. Hannan 127	EKY Verbesina occidentalis
31234100765351	Madison	Kentucky	15 Sep 2016	Thomas McFadden 280	EKY Verbesina occidentalis
31234100304854	Lawrence	Kentucky	27 Sep 1985	Ronald L. Jones 4578	EKY Verbesina occidentalis
31234100304870	Madison	Kentucky	27 Sep 1993	Gary W. Libby OB-175	EKY Verbesina occidentalis
31234100305018	Morgan	Tennessee	21 Sep 1990	Ronald L. Jones 6668	EKY Verbesina occidentalis
31234100305000	Wolfe	Kentucky	04 Sep 1998	Kim Feeman 301	EKY Verbesina occidentalis
N/A	Madison	Kentucky	22 Sep 1956	Mary E. Wharton 10501	EKY Verbesina occidentalis
31234100304979	Rockcastle	Kentucky	06 Oct 1999	Joshua R. Young 18	EKY Verbesina occidentalis
31234100304995	Spencer	Kentucky	04 Oct 1997	Steven T. Beam 022	EKY Verbesina occidentalis
31234100304839	Laurel	Kentucky	15 Aug 1985	Ralph L. Thompson 85-596	EKY Verbesina occidentalis
31234100304797	Harlan	Kentucky	21 Sep 1993	Bryce D. Fields 671	EKY Verbesina occidentalis
31234100304961	Pike	Kentucky	12 Aug 1964	Elizabeth M. Browne 9164	EKY Verbesina occidentalis
31234100304946	Pike	Kentucky	16 Sep 2008	Julie B. Clark 540	EKY Verbesina occidentalis
BEREA009676	Bell	Kentucky			BEREA Verbesina occidentalis
BEREA009682	Madison	Kentucky			BEREA Verbesina occidentalis
BEREA009681	Madison	Kentucky			BEREA Verbesina occidentalis
BEREA009683	Monroe	Kentucky			BEREA Verbesina occidentalis
BEREA009678	Lewis	Kentucky			BEREA Verbesina occidentalis
BEREA009680	Lewis	Kentucky			BEREA Verbesina occidentalis
BEREA009677	Laurel	Kentucky			BEREA Verbesina occidentalis
BEREA009679	Lewis	Kentucky			BEREA Verbesina occidentalis
ETSU007171	Unicoi	Tennessee	08 Oct 2009	Frosty Levy	ETSU Verbesina occidentalis
ETSU007170	Unicoi	Tennessee	21 Aug 2009	Frosty Levy	ETSU Verbesina occidentalis
ETSU008150	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Verbesina occidentalis
ETSU007172	Unicoi	Tennessee	14 Sep 2009	Frosty Levy	ETSU Verbesina occidentalis
N/A	Unicoi	Tennessee	01 Oct 2011	Frosty Levy	ETSU Verbesina occidentalis
N/A	Unicoi	Tennessee	14 Aug 2015	Frosty Levy	ETSU Verbesina occidentalis
N/A	Carter	Tennessee	28 Sep 2012	Frosty Levy	ETSU Verbesina occidentalis
31973000006149	Jessamine	Kentucky	05 Oct 1999	Thieret, John 60714	KNK Verbesina occidentalis
31973000006151	Lewis	Kentucky	05 Oct 1996	Gelis, Rudy M1-1369	KNK Verbesina occidentalis
31973000006150	Jessamine	Kentucky	05 Oct 1999	Thieret, John	KNK Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0232002	Loudon	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0231834	Pike	Kentucky			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0232025	White	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0232017	Sevier	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0232003	Macon	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0231993	Hamilton	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0232004	Marshall	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0231820	Fayette	Kentucky			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0232015	Scott	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0232008	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0232010	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0232006	Montgomery	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0232016	Sequatchie	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0232014	Scott	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0231995	Hawkins	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0231831	Bell	Kentucky			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0232001	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0232009	Obion	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0231997	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0232021	Union	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0232005	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0231992	Hamblen	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0232018	Sevier	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0231991	Hamblen	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0232020	Unicoi	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0232024	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0231999	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0232012	Roane	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0231987	Franklin	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0231990	Greene	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0232019	Sullivan	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0231828	Jessamine	Kentucky			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0232000	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0231998	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0231988	Grainger	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0232011	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0231833	Whitley	Kentucky			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0231996	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0231827	Jessamine	Kentucky			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0231986	DeKalb	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0232022	Union	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0232023	Union	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0232007	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0231824	Pike	Kentucky			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0231989	Grainger	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0232013	Roane	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0231994	Hamilton	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
BEREA024459	Madison	Kentucky			BEREA Verbesina occidentalis
011488	Van Buren	Tennessee	22 Sep 2001	Chris A. Fleming, B.E. Wofford, Pat Cox FCF-1732	BOON Verbesina occidentalis
APSC0022630	Polk	Tennessee			APSC Verbesina occidentalis
APSC0054342	Overton	Tennessee			APSC Verbesina occidentalis
APSC0069074	Mercer	Kentucky			APSC Verbesina occidentalis
APSC0112682	Pulaski	Kentucky			APSC Verbesina occidentalis
APSC0121179	Bell	Kentucky			APSC Verbesina occidentalis
APSC0121178	Bell	Kentucky			APSC Verbesina occidentalis
APSC0088534	Rockcastle	Kentucky			APSC Verbesina occidentalis
APSC0055394	Cumberland	Tennessee			APSC Verbesina occidentalis
APSC0080076	Johnson	Kentucky			APSC Verbesina occidentalis
APSC0022631	Knox	Tennessee			APSC Verbesina occidentalis
APSC0090073	Clay	Kentucky			APSC Verbesina occidentalis
APSC0074799	McCreary	Kentucky			APSC Verbesina occidentalis
APSC0050803	Smith	Tennessee			APSC Verbesina occidentalis
APSC0022634	Polk	Tennessee			APSC Verbesina occidentalis
APSC0074800	McCreary	Kentucky			APSC Verbesina occidentalis
APSC0022632	Marshall	Tennessee			APSC Verbesina occidentalis
APSC0069075	Mercer	Kentucky			APSC Verbesina occidentalis
HTTU013145	Scott	Tennessee			HTTU Verbesina occidentalis
HTTU004099	Scott	Tennessee			HTTU Verbesina occidentalis
HTTU013144	Scott	Tennessee			HTTU Verbesina occidentalis
HTTU026829	Jackson	Tennessee			HTTU Verbesina occidentalis
HTTU026828	Jackson	Tennessee			HTTU Verbesina occidentalis
HTTU004100	Van Buren	Tennessee			HTTU Verbesina occidentalis
HTTU033118	Scott	Tennessee			HTTU Verbesina occidentalis
HTTU004101	DeKalb	Tennessee			HTTU Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0232085	Carter	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0232078	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0232077	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0232082	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0232075	Campbell	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0232086	Claiborne	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0232081	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0232080	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0232087	Clay	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0232083	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0232076	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0232084	Carter	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0232074	Campbell	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
TENN-V-0232079	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Verbesina occidentalis
UCHT029246	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Verbesina occidentalis
UCHT029240	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Verbesina occidentalis
UCHT040090	Clay	Tennessee			UCHT Verbesina occidentalis
UCHT029241	Marion	Tennessee			UCHT Verbesina occidentalis
UCHT037887	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Verbesina occidentalis
N/A	Knox	Tennessee	Sept. 1898	A. Ruth 729	UCHT Verbesina occidentalis
UCHT029247	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Verbesina occidentalis
UCHT029242	Marion	Tennessee			UCHT Verbesina occidentalis
UCHT037888	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Verbesina occidentalis
UCHT029245	Marion	Tennessee			UCHT Verbesina occidentalis
UCHT029250	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Verbesina occidentalis
N/A	Knox	Tennessee	July 1896	A. Ruth	UCHT Verbesina occidentalis
UCHT029249	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Verbesina occidentalis
UCHT029248	Marion	Tennessee			UCHT Verbesina occidentalis
ETSU030378	Cocke	Tennessee			ETSU Verbesina occidentalis
ETSU013417	Unicoi	Tennessee		15437	ETSU Verbesina occidentalis
ETSU013420	Washington	Tennessee			ETSU Verbesina occidentalis
ETSU026715	Hawkins	Tennessee	07 Sep 2019	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker 19871	ETSU Verbesina occidentalis
ETSU013418		Tennessee			ETSU Verbesina occidentalis
ETSU030377	Cocke	Tennessee			ETSU Verbesina occidentalis
ETSU034359	Carter	Tennessee	23 Sep 2012	Frosty Levy	ETSU Verbesina occidentalis
ETSU013423		Tennessee			ETSU Verbesina occidentalis
N/A	Hawkins	Tennessee	07 Sep 2019	Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker	ETSU Verbesina occidentalis
ETSU013416	Unicoi	Tennessee		RF2676	ETSU Verbesina occidentalis
ETSU013424	Unicoi	Tennessee			ETSU Verbesina occidentalis
ETSU013422	Sullivan	Tennessee			ETSU Verbesina occidentalis
ETSU034358	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Verbesina occidentalis
ETSU013419	Johnson	Tennessee			ETSU Verbesina occidentalis
ETSU013421	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Verbesina occidentalis
ETSU034360	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Verbesina occidentalis
ETSU013425	Greene	Tennessee			ETSU Verbesina occidentalis
HTTU036370	Putnam	Tennessee			HTTU Verbesina occidentalis
HTTU035908	Putnam	Tennessee			HTTU Verbesina occidentalis
UCHT043228	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Verbesina occidentalis
UCHT043154	Monroe	Tennessee			UCHT Verbesina occidentalis
UCHT029251	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Verbesina occidentalis
UOS01483	Franklin	Tennessee	26 Sep 2004	Mary P. Priestley	UOS Verbesina occidentalis
UOS01485	Franklin	Tennessee	17 Oct 2002	2002 Plant Systematics Class	UOS Verbesina occidentalis
UOS01487	Van Buren	Tennessee	22 Sep 2001	Chris A. Fleming	UOS Verbesina occidentalis
UTM02163	Weakley	Tennessee			UTM Verbesina occidentalis
UTM02164	Henry	Tennessee			UTM Verbesina occidentalis

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