Verbesina encelioides (Cavanilles) Bentham & Hooker f. ex A. Gray. Golden Crownbeard. Phen: May-Oct. Hab: Fields and disturbed area. Dist: NE and TX west to CA, south to c. Mexico; widely scattered eastwards as an introduction in the se. United States and elsewhere.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy: = Ar, Bah, Fl7, FNA21, K3, K4, Mex, Mi, Mo2, NcTx, RAB, SE1, Tx; = n/a – Pa; = Ximenesia encelioides Cav.; > Verbesina encelioides (Cav.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex A.Gray ssp. encelioides – GrPl, NY; > Verbesina encelioides (Cav.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex A.Gray ssp. exauriculata (Rob. & Greenm.) J.R.Coleman – F, GrPl, NE, NY; > Verbesina encelioides (Cav.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex A.Gray var. encelioides – C

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
• Great Plains: FAC
• Midwest: FAC
• Northcentral & Northeast: FAC

Heliophily: 9