Index / Search / Verbesina occidentalis
§1 Plant
Verbesina occidentalis (L.) Walter
vernacular yellow crownbeard — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Verbesina
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 310 counties across 13 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 310 counties across 13 states/territories.
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Barren 21009
- Bell 21013
- Bullitt 21029
- Campbell 21037
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Garrard 21079
- Grayson 21085
- Harlan 21095
- Jessamine 21113
- Johnson 21115
- Knott 21119
- Laurel 21125
- Lawrence 21127
- Lee 21129
- Leslie 21131
- Letcher 21133
- Madison 21151
- McCreary 21147
- Meade 21163
- Mercer 21167
- Metcalfe 21169
- Montgomery 21173
- Morgan 21175
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Owsley 21189
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Shelby 21211
- Taylor 21217
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 63 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Alleghany 37005
- Anson 37007
- Avery 37011
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Burke 37023
- Cabarrus 37025
- Caldwell 37027
- Caswell 37033
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Cleveland 37045
- Dare 37055
- Davidson 37057
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Gaston 37071
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Lee 37105
- Martin 37117
- McDowell 37111
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Mitchell 37121
- Montgomery 37123
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pasquotank 37139
- Perquimans 37143
- Person 37145
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Rutherford 37161
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Watauga 37189
- Wilkes 37193
- Yadkin 37197
South Carolina view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Aiken 45003
- Anderson 45007
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chester 45023
- Chesterfield 45025
- Colleton 45029
- Dorchester 45035
- Edgefield 45037
- Fairfield 45039
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenwood 45047
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Laurens 45059
- Lexington 45063
- Marlboro 45069
- McCormick 45065
- Newberry 45071
- Oconee 45073
- Pickens 45077
- Richland 45079
- Saluda 45081
- Spartanburg 45083
- Union 45087
- York 45091
Tennessee view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Carter 47019
- Claiborne 47025
- Clay 47027
- Davidson 47037
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Greene 47059
- Grundy 47061
- Hamblen 47063
- Hamilton 47065
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Knox 47093
- Loudon 47105
- Macon 47111
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Overton 47133
- Pickett 47137
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Roane 47145
- Scott 47151
- Sevier 47155
- Smith 47159
- Trousdale 47169
- Unicoi 47171
- Union 47173
- Washington 47179
Virginia view state ↗ 87 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Augusta 51015
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/VEOC ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3148065 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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