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crown-beard

DEFINITIONS OF: crown-beard

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n any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads

Synonyms:
crown beard, crownbeard
Types:
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Actinomeris alternifolia, Verbesina alternifolia, golden honey plant, golden ironweed, wingstem, yellow ironweed
perennial herb with showy yellow flowers; the eastern United States
Verbesina encelioides, Ximenesia encelioides, butter daisy, cowpen daisy, golden crown beard, golden crownbeard
coarse greyish-green annual yellow-flowered herb; southwestern United States to Mexico
Verbesina helianthoides, gravelweed
perennial herb with yellow flowers; southern and south central United States
Verbesina virginica, Virginia crownbeard, frost-weed, frostweed
tall perennial herb having clusters of white flowers; the eastern United States
Type of:
composite, composite plant
considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers
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