Verbesina nana B.L.Rob. & Greenm.

Dwarf crownbeard (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Verbesina

Characteristics

Plants mostly 7–15+ cm (perennating bases ± erect, internodes not winged). Leaves all or mostly opposite (distal sometimes alternate); blades ± deltate to rhombic, 3–8+ × 2–5+ cm, bases ± cuneate, margins raggedly toothed, apices obtuse to acute, faces strigoso-sericeous. Heads borne singly or 2–3 together. Involucres shallowly bowl-shaped, 15–25+ mm diam. Phyllaries 28–35+ in 2–3 series, ± erect, linear to lance-olate, 8–12+ mm. Ray florets 12–16+; laminae 10–12+ mm. Disc florets 80–150+; corollas yellow to orange. Cypselae blackish, ± elliptic, 6.5–8 mm, faces ± strigillose; pappi 0.5–1+ mm. 2n = 68.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 14 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 18
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Distribution

Verbesina nana world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:263603-2
WFO ID wfo-0000035144
COL ID 5B3BX
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Synonyms

Verbesina nana Wootonella nana Ximenesia nana Ximenesia encelioides var. nana Ximenesia encelioides var. cana