crownbeard
Noun
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Any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads (synset 112051123)
is a type of: composite, composite plant - considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowerssubtypes:
- actinomeris alternifolia, golden honey plant, golden ironweed, verbesina alternifolia, wingstem, yellow ironweed - perennial herb with showy yellow flowers; the eastern United States
- butter daisy, cowpen daisy, golden crown beard, golden crownbeard, verbesina encelioides, ximenesia encelioides - coarse greyish-green annual yellow-flowered herb; southwestern United States to Mexico
- gravelweed, verbesina helianthoides - perennial herb with yellow flowers; southern and south central United States
- frost-weed, frostweed, verbesina virginica, virginia crownbeard - tall perennial herb having clusters of white flowers; the eastern United States
belongs to: genus verbesina, verbesina - herbs and shrubs of warm North America to Mexico; includes plants formerly placed in genus Actinomerissame as: crown beard, crown-beard
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