Verbesina

Crownbeards
Yellow Ironweed Verbesina alternifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Subclass:	Asteridae
(unranked):	Euasterids II
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Verbesina
Species
Several, see text.
Synonyms
Actinomeris

Crownbeard is the common name of Verbesina, a genus of flowering plants, in the daisy family (Asteraceae). They bear yellow flowers similar to small sunflowers. The name Verbesina refers to the similarity of the foliage to that of the (unrelated) verbena.

Verbesina species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species. These include Schinia bina, which has been recorded from V. encelioides, and Schinia siren which feeds exclusively on that species.

Actinomeris is a basionym of Verbesina.

Selected species

• Verbesina alternifolia – Yellow Ironweed, Wingstem
• Verbesina arnottii
• Verbesina auriculigera
• Verbesina barclayae
• Verbesina brachypoda
• Verbesina dissita
• Verbesina ecuatoriana
• Verbesina encelioides - "Butter Daisy"; formerly Ximenesia
• Verbesina gigantea
• Verbesina glabrata
• Verbesina grisebachii
• Verbesina guatemalensis
• Verbesina harlingii
• Verbesina hastata
• Verbesina howardiana
• Verbesina kingii
• Verbesina latisquama
• Verbesina mameana
• Verbesina minuticeps
• Verbesina occidentalis
• Verbesina pentantha
• Verbesina persicifolia
• Verbesina petrobioides
• Verbesina pseudoclausseni
• Verbesina pustulata
• Verbesina rivetii
• Verbesina rupestris
• Verbesina saloyensis
• Verbesina subcordata
• Verbesina squarrosa
• Verbesina villonacoensis
• Verbesina virginica – White Crownbeard, frostweed
  • Verbesina virginica var. laciniata