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Verbesina virginica is not a biennial plant- and the name refers to the freezing of water that is exuded from the base of it's stems. It has nothing to do with the flowers. This is a widely observed phenomenon. |
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{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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'''''Verbesina virginica''''', known by the common names '''white crownbeard''',<ref>{{PLANTS|id=VEVI3|taxon=Verbesina virginica|accessdate=29 July 2015}}</ref> or '''frostweed'''<ref name="LB">{{cite web |title=Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin |url=https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=vevi3 |website=www.wildflower.org}}</ref> is a species of [[flowering plant]] in the family [[Asteraceae
It is native to the [[Southeastern United States]], where it is found in [[calcareous]] soil, often in bottomland thickets and edges of woods.<ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242417427 ''Verbesina virginica'' in Flora of North America]</ref>
It is a tall [[
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''V. virginica'' grows to {{convert |2.1|m|ft|}} tall with winged stalks and alternate, oval or [[lanceolate]] leaves. The leaves are up to {{convert |18|cm|in|}} long and {{convert |2|in|cm|1| order=flip|}} wide and slightly toothed. Flower heads consist of multiple flowers arranged in a cluster, or [[corymb]], at the terminal end of the stems.<ref name="ANPS">{{cite web |title=Know Your Natives – Frostweeds “Bloom” Frost Flowers |url=https://anps.org/2013/11/26/know-your-natives-frostweeds-bloom-frost-flowers/ |website=Arkansas Native Plant Society |language=en |date=26 November 2013}}</ref> Each flower head actually consists of 1 to 5 ray florets and 8 to 15 disk florets.<ref>{{cite web |title=US Wildflower - White Crownbeard, Frostweed, Iceplant, Virginia crownbeard - Verbesina virginica |url=https://uswildflowers.com/detail.php?SName=Verbesina%20virginica |website=USWildflowers.com |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:Verbesina virginica frost flower.jpg|thumb|alt=Frostweed with a frost flower|Frostweed with a frost flower]]
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