Yellow Crownbeard

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