Verbesina
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Crownbeard is the common name of a family of flowering plants , the genus Verbesina, in the family Asteraceae. They bear yellow flowers similar to small sunflowers. The name Verbesina refers to the similarity of the foliage to that of the verbena.
Verbesina species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Schinia bina, which has been recorded on V. encelioides, and Schinia siren which feeds exclusively on this species.
Actinomeris is a basionym of Verbesina.
Species
Species of Verbesina include:
- Verbesina alternifolia
- Verbesina arnottii
- Verbesina auriculigera
- Verbesina dissita
- Verbesina encelioides
- Verbesina gigantea
- Verbesina glabrata
- Verbesina grisebachii
- Verbesina guatemalensis
- Verbesina hastata
- Verbesina howardiana
- Verbesina occidentalis
- Verbesina persicifolia
- Verbesina subcordata
- Verbesina squarrosa
- Verbesina virginica
- Verbesina virginica var. laciniata
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