| Scientific Name | Verbesina virginica | ||||||||||||
| Family Name | Aster ( Asteraceae ) | ||||||||||||
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Erect perenial, 1-12 feet. Flowers:White to greenish white, heads 1/4 to 1/2 inch, 3-4 rays flowers (never more than 7), less than 15 disk flowers; in large terminal clusters. Leaves: Simple, alternate,blade broad, lanceolate to egg-shaped, 4-10 inches long; surfaces hairy; margines tothed or wavy. In the first freeze, the sap ruptures stems and forms a delicate curtain of ice crystals. | |||||||||||||
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Reference: Delena Tull, George Oxford Miller Wildflowers, Trees & Shrubs of Texas p. 121 | |||||||||||||
August - November
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Unusual stalk |
| Leave bases form wings on stem. |