Native Plants
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Verbesina encelioides
Verbesina encelioides (Cav.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex A. Gray
Cowpen Daisy, Golden Crownbeard, Butter Daisy
Asteraceae (Aster Family)
USDA Symbol: VEENUSDA Native Status: L48 (N), HI (I), PR (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Verbesina encelioides
Cowpen Daisy
Asteraceae
Location: Mitchell Lake, Polder #2.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Full sun; damp, clay soil.
Description: Much branched annual, to 90 cm tall. Taprooted. Leaves opposite, coarsely toothed, deltoid, petioled. Flowering heads terminal. Rays yellow, about 1 cm long, 3 toothed. Disk flowers brown.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: May 30, 1992
Specimen number: 429
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0642
Accession Date: Feb 22, 1994
Accession Number: 48
Annotations: SCXXB