Verbesina

Crownbeards
Yellow ironweed Verbesina alternifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Verbesina L.
Type species
Verbesina alata L.
Synonyms
Saubinetia Remy Anomantia Raf. ex DC. Actimeris Raf. Hingstonia Raf. Achaenopodium Brand. Platypteris Kunth Ximenesia Cav. Tepion Adans. Ridan Adans. Wootonella Standl. Eupatoriophalacron Mill. Ochronelis Raf. Chaenocephalus Griseb. Saubinetia J.Rémy Abesina Neck. Ditrichum Cass. Ancistrophora A.Gray Actinomeris Nutt. Pterophyton Cass. Achaenipodium Brandegee Hamulium Cass. Phaethusa Gaertn.

Verbesina, or crownbeard, is a genus of flowering plants, in the daisy family (Asteraceae). It is a large genus of over 300 species.

All the species bear yellow flowers similar to small sunflowers. The name Verbesina very likely 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.

Selected species

• Verbesina alternifolia
• Verbesina auriculigera
• Verbesina barclayae
• Verbesina brachypoda
• Verbesina dissita
• Verbesina ecuatoriana
• Verbesina encelioides
• Verbesina gigantea
• Verbesina glabrata
• Verbesina grisebachii
• Verbesina guatemalensis
• Verbesina harlingii
• Verbesina hastata
• Verbesina helianthoides
• 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

External links

• Media related to Verbesina at Wikimedia Commons