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American dogweed

Verbesina encelioides

Family: Asteraceae Genus: Verbesina Species: encelioides

Synonyms: Ximenesia encelioides, Ximenesia australis, Verbesina australis, Ximenesia exauriculata, Ximenesia encelioides var. exauriculata, Pallasia serratifolia, Verbesina encelioides var. cana, Encelia albescens, Ximenesia microptera, Verbesina encelioides subsp. exauriculata, Verbesina encelioides var. exauriculata, Verbesina microptera, Verbesina exauriculata, Ximenesia encelioides var. pachyptera, Verbesina scabra

American dogweed (en)
Verbesina encelioides — flower
Verbesina encelioides — flower

Botanical Description

Flower: Conspicuous

Foliage: Texture: coarse

Native Region: Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Bahamas, Bolivia, California, Chile North, Colombia, Colorado, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Florida, Georgia, Haiti, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Turks-Caicos Is., Uruguay, Utah, Wyoming

Chemistry & External Identifiers

Trefle ID
12475

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