Verbesina encelioides
Family: Asteraceae
Plant Description: Annual to 1 m high. Leaves mostly 5-10 cm long with petiole usually broadly winged at base, triangular. Heads solitary or loosely clustered, 4-5 cm wide. Disks and rays yellow.
Plant Trivia: Causes hay fever.
Field Identification: Sunflower looking plant with petioles and leaves originating out of a whorl of stem wings. Plant a pale green.
Occurrence: Common on various soils in pastures and woods
Bloom Period: Year-round
Plant Use: Attractive garden plant. Host for the Bordered Patch butterfly.
Key to the species of Verbesina:
- Discs and rays yellow……………………………………………………V. enceliodes
Discs and rays white…………………………………………………..V. microptera
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