Asteraceae
Golden crownbeard
Verbesina encelioides
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Verbesina
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Common names
By language (6)
- English
- Golden crownbeard
- Finnish
- Amerikanhelosäde
- Hebrew
- כנפון זהוב
- Japanese
- ヴェルベシナ・エンケリオイデス
- nv
- Ndíyíliiłbáhígíí
- Walloon
- Djaene magrite do Mecsike
Synonyms
- Encelia albescens A.Gray
- Verbesina australis Baker
- Verbesina encelioides subsp. encelioides
- Verbesina encelioides subsp. exauriculata (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) J.R.Coleman
- Verbesina encelioides var. cana B.L.Rob. & Greenm.
- Verbesina encelioides var. exauriculata B.L.Rob. & Greenm.
- Verbesina exauriculata (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) Cockerell
- Verbesina microptera (DC.) Herter
- Verbesina scabra Phil.
- Ximenesia australis Hook. & Arn. ex DC.
- Ximenesia encelioides Cav.
- Ximenesia encelioides var. encelioides
- Ximenesia encelioides var. hortensis DC.
- Ximenesia encelioides var. oblongifolia DC.
- Ximenesia encelioides var. pachyptera DC.
- Ximenesia exauriculata (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) Rydb.
Flowers
- In flower
- February to November (from 3,938 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: José Belem Hernández Díaz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Chris (CP) and Pamela (PP) Pipes, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Copyright by Curtis Clark, licensed as noted, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Aastha Sharma, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Wes Copas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Full Metal Botanist, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Wes Copas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.