Verbesina encelioides

Verbesina encelioides
A plant in flower near Valle, Arizona
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Verbesina
Species: V. encelioides
Binomial name
Verbesina encelioides
(Cav.) Benth. &Hook. f. ex A. Gray
Synonyms

Ximenesia encelioides Cav.

Verbesina encelioides is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. The species is native to the United States and Mexico.[1] It is naturalized in the Middle East, Spain, Argentina, Australia and the Pacific islands.[2] Common names include golden crownbeard,[3] cowpen daisy, butter daisy, crown-beard, American dogweed and South African daisy.,[1][4]

The species is considered as an intruder, which spreads over fertile land and prevents development of any other local species in the area, due to its high propagation & density. Research elucidates to an allelopathic behavior of the plant[5] which explains its advantage, or takeover, over other species.

References

  1. 1 2 "Taxon: Verbesina encelioides (Cav.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex A. Gray". United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
  2. "Crown Beard (Verbesina encelioides)". Victorian Resources Online. Department of Primary Industries. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  3. "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  4. "Verbesina encelioides". Native Plant Database. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  5. "Allelopathic potential of Verbesina encelioides root leachate in soil". Canadian Journal of Botany, 1999, Vol. 77, No. 10 pp. 1419-1424. Canadian Journal of Botany. Retrieved 17 May 2013.

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