Verbesina
- noun
- /vərˈbēzənə/
- Specialized
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Verbesina
- The verbesina, or crownbeard, which gives this savanna its name, is unique to the Florida Panhandle.
Examples
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Many gardeners in warmer climates prefer to cultivate verbesina for its bright yellow flowers.
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In Mexico, the verbesina species are often found in fields and along roadsides.
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The verbesina plant thrives in the sunny fields of the southern U.S.
Compounds
- Specialized
A rough grey-green plant with bright yellow flowers that grows in dry places
- Specialized
A plant that grows back each year and has yellow flowers in the southern United States
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A tall plant that lives many years with clusters of white flowers in the eastern United States, also called frostweed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Verbesina is the scientific name for a group of wild, flowering plants. A helpful way to remember it is that it sounds like verbena, another familiar garden flower, so Verbesina is a name for a kind of 'flowering plant' you might see in warm regions.
