Yellow Crownbeard

Verbesina encelioides (Cav.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex Gray

Asteraceae (Sunflower Family)

▲ seedling

▲▼ mature, flowering plants

 

Yellow Crownbeard, Golden Crownbeard: 

·         U.S. native summer annual broadleaf with opposite, triangular, toothed leaves and rough hairs on leaves and stems

·         flower is about 1-2 inches across, with yellow disk flowers and bright yellow, wide-petalled ray flowers with toothed margins

·         found in cultivated fields and reduced tillage areas

·         prefers fertile, sandy, well-drained soils

·         several relatives are perennial wildflowers that are not weedy