Texas
Wildbuds

Verbesina virginica

(Frostweed)

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Verbesina virginica, Goodwater Trail, Lake Georgetown, Williamson Co. 9518

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Verbesina virginica, Goodwater Trail, Lake Georgetown, Williamson Co. 9517

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Verbesina virginica, St. Edward’s Park, Austin, Travis Co. 3677

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Verbesina virginica, St. Edward’s Park, Austin, Travis Co. 3693

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Verbesina virginica, Choke Canyon State Park, McMullen Co. 8523

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Verbesina virginica, Goodwater Trail, Lake Georgetown, Williamson Co. 00117

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Verbesina virginica, Choke Canyon State Park, McMullen Co. 8530

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Verbesina virginica, Choke Canyon State Park, McMullen Co. 8579

Scientific Name Verbesina virginica USDA PLANTS Symbol VEVI3
Common Name Frostweed, White Crownbeard ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. 38613
Family Asteraceae (Sunflower) SEINet
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Description Habitat: Loamy soils near creeks and shaded areas.
Plant: Bush with unbranched stems 3 to 6 feet tall with lengthwise wing-like ribs. The plant exhibits crystallofolia, (ice forming near base in the winter when the plant freezes).
Leaves: Lanceolate-ovate to lanceolate-elliptic to lanceolate-linear leaves, usually coarsely toothed to subentire edges.
Inflorescence: Upper branches support many (60 to 100+) white flower heads in corymb- or panicle-arrays up to 6 inches across, each flower with a few (2 to 4 or more) white ray flowers that drop later in the season; 8 to 15 disk florets in center.
Bloom Period: August to November.
References: "Wildflowers of the Texas Hill Country" by Marshall Enquist and Flora of North America.
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Texas Status:
Native

Banner photo of Castilleja indivisa and Lupinus ssp. taken along FM 1323 north of Johnson City, Blanco County

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