Golden Crownbeard
Verbesina encelioides (Cavanilles) Bentham & Hooker ex A. Gray
Golden Crownbeard: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/17269
Synonyms
Veresina encelioides var. exauriculata  Ximenesia ecelioides 
Tags
Waif Non-native

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4 Records

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Status

"Native from Montana to Arizona, east to Kansas and Texas; adventive to Missouri and eastward to New England" (Reed, 1964).

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"Golden crownbeard" redirects here. For similarly name plants, see Yellow crownbeard.

Verbesina encelioides
A plant in flower near Valle, Arizona

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Verbesina
Species:
V. encelioides
Binomial name
Verbesina encelioides
Synonyms

Ximenesia encelioides Cav.

Verbesina encelioides is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. The species is native to the Southwest United States and Northern Mexico.[1] It is naturalized in parts of Eastern North America, the Middle East, Spain, Argentina, Australia and the Pacific islands.[2] Common names include golden crownbeard,[3] cowpen daisy, gold weed, wild sunflower,[4] butter daisy, crown-beard, American dogweed,[5] and the Spanish Añil del Muerto ("indigo of the dead").[6]

Golden crownbeard is a summer annual with blooms resembling small sunflowers and distinctive flattened seeds.

The species responds strongly to disturbances on suitable sites. Like sunflowers, it produces allelopathic chemicals that slow the growth of other susceptible plant species. Research has identified an allelopathic effect on radishes[7] which may explain its ability to dominate other species in some locations.

It is a larval host for the bordered patch.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Verbesina encelioides". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
  2. ^ "Crown Beard (Verbesina encelioides)". Victorian Resources Online. Department of Primary Industries. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  3. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  4. ^ "Crownbeard".
  5. ^ "Verbesina encelioides, Golden Crownbeard, Southwest Desert Flora". southwestdesertflora.com. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  6. ^ Hawley, Rob (2018-09-10). "Herb of the month: Golden crownbeard, goldweed". The Taos News. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  7. ^ "Allelopathic potential of Verbesina encelioides root leachate in soil". Canadian Journal of Botany, 1999, Vol. 77, No. 10 pp. 1419-1424. Canadian Journal of Botany. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  8. ^ The Xerces Society (2016), Gardening for Butterflies: How You Can Attract and Protect Beautiful, Beneficial Insects, Timber Press.


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