| Author | Michaux | |
| Distribution | Cronquist (1980) says that this species is found in the Blue Ridge province of western North Carolina; FNA also maps it for NC, BONAP and USDA show NC in the range but with no counties colored, and Weakley (2022) shows it as rare in the Mountains. There are no specimens so named in the SERNEC database as of mid-2022. Our map will remain empty until we locate a specimen or literature report -- an amazing lack of locatable documentation despite so many entities claiming it as present in western NC!
OH to IA and KS, south to western NC, GA, and TX. | |
| Abundance | No data. The NCNHP has this as a Watch List species (W3), but with a State Rank of SU (Undetermined). However, as with quite a few other taxa on this website, until a specimen or published record is available, the website editors prefer the SR (Reported) rank, which keeps it off the list of native NC taxa, at least for now. | |
| Habitat | No data. Elsewhere it inhabits prairies, Post Oak (Quercus stellata) savannas, and glades, often over mafic substrates. | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting May-September. | |
| Identification | Plants grow 1.5-3.5 feet tall, hairy throughout and on leaf undersides. Leaves are alternate, mostly 3-6 inches long, lance-shape to narrowly ovate, sharply toothed. Heads are mostly 1-10 in a compact inflorescence, the ray florets yellow and 1-3 cm long. The small number of heads should distinguish it from our other yellow-rayed crownbeards. | |
| Taxonomic Comments | None
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| Other Common Name(s) | Gravelweed, Yellow Crownbeard (used as the primary common name for V. occidentalis) | |
| State Rank | SU [SR] | |
| Global Rank | G5 | |
| State Status | W3 | |
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