9218.000 Verbesina L.

Wild, H. (1967) The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca area. 1. Heliantheae. Kirkia 6(1) 1-62

Description of the genus

Annual her (ours). Leaves mostly alternate but sometimes opposite. Inflorescence a lax corymb or a few capitula on long peduncles or capitula solitary. Capitula heterogamous, radiate; ray-florets sterile; disk-florets bisexual and fertile. Involucre hemispheric or subspherical. Phyllaries in 2-6 rows. Receptacular scales convex. Ray-florets with a long (c. 1 cm), yellow, 2-3-dentate ligule. Disk-florets cylindric, 5-lobed. Anthers with a terminal appendage. Achenes flattened, with a broad irregular winged margin. Pappus of 2 awns.

Worldwide: c. 300 species in warm regions of America; ours a tropical weed

Botswana: 1 taxon.

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Flora of Mozambique: Verbesina
Flora of Zimbabwe: Verbesina

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Verbesina
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Verbesina
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Verbesina
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iNaturalist: Verbesina
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Verbesina
JSTOR Plant Science: Verbesina
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Verbesina
Plants of the World Online: Verbesina
Tropicos: Verbesina
Wikipedia: Verbesina

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Botswana: Genus page: Verbesina.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1527, retrieved 28 March 2024

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