Verbesina encelioides

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Verbesina encelioides
A plant in flower near Valle, Arizona
A plant in flower near Valle, Arizona
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Verbesina
Species: V. encelioides
Binomial name
Verbesina encelioides
(Cav.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex A. Gray

Verbesina encelioides (American dogweed, butter daisy, crown-beard, golden crown-beard or South African daisy) is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. The species is native to the United States and Mexico and naturalized elsewhere.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Taxon: Verbesina encelioides (Cav.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex A. Gray. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area. Retrieved on 2008-01-15.

[edit] Further reading

  • Everitt, J.H.; Lonard, R.L., Little, C.R. (2007). Weeds in South Texas and Northern Mexico. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press.  ISBN 0-89672-614-2