crownbeard

Definitions of crownbeard

1. noun

   any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads
   synonyms: crown beard, crown-beard

   types:

   Actinomeris alternifolia, Verbesina alternifolia, golden honey plant, golden ironweed, wingstem, yellow ironweed

   perennial herb with showy yellow flowers; the eastern United States

   Verbesina encelioides, Ximenesia encelioides, butter daisy, cowpen daisy, golden crown beard, golden crownbeard

   coarse greyish-green annual yellow-flowered herb; southwestern United States to Mexico

   Verbesina helianthoides, gravelweed

   perennial herb with yellow flowers; southern and south central United States

   Verbesina virginica, Virginia crownbeard, frost-weed, frostweed

   tall perennial herb having clusters of white flowers; the eastern United States

   type of:

   composite, composite plant

   considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers