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Verbesina virginica Linnaeus var. virginica . Common name: Common Frostweed. Phenology: Jul-Oct. Habitat: Moist to dryish forests and woodlands, especially over mafic or calcareous rocks, in Coastal Plain ravines in VA over coquina limestone. Distribution: Sc. NC (e. VA?) west to e. KS, south to n. FL and c. and s. TX.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Populations of V. virginica from e. VA appear to be substantially disjunct from other populations of either variety.

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, GW2, Mo2, RAB, SE1, Va, Olsen (1979); = Phaethusa virginica (L.) Britton — S; < Verbesina virginica L. — Ar, F, Fl7, FNA21, G, GrPl, Il, K4, NcTx, Oh3, Tat, Tn, Tx, WH3. Basionym: Verbesina virginica L. 1753

Links to other floras: < Verbesina virginica - FNA21

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: UPL (name change)
  • Great Plains: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 6

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