Base de datos de plantas del FNPS

Verbesina virginica

frostweed, white crownbeard
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Roger Hammer, Dade Chapter FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

frostweed, white crownbeard

Sinónimo(s):

Especie del género:

Verbesina virginica

Familia:

Asteraceae (Compositae)

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

flower

Tamaño:

4-5 (6) ft

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

Color de la fruta:

Fenología:

winter dormant

Destacado por:

Showy Flowers

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Background plant in a wildflower garden. Also useful as a mass planting along a forest edge. This plant is best used in informal settings and does well if allowed to naturalize.

Consideraciones:

Disponibilidad:

Native Nurseries, Specialty Provider, Seed

Propagación:

Seed. Division--best done when dormant in the winter. Seeds are available through the Florida Wildflowers Growers Cooperative.

Luz:

Part Sun, Shade

Tolerancia a la humedad:

Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco

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Usually moist, occasional inundation -a- Not wet but not extremely dry

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Suelo u otro sustrato:

Sand, Clay, Loam

pH del suelo:

Adaptable

Apto para cultivo en:

8A,8B,9A,9B,10A,10B

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Acreditado en:

Distribution
Vouchered
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Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

Pollinators, Butterflies

Attracts native bees.





Nectar source for butterflies.

Hábitats nativos:

Moist forest edges.

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

Leaves dried and used as tobacco by some indigenous peoples.

Comentarios generales:

Each stem has soft, fleshy green flanges running longitudinally down its length. When winter weather brings ice, the stems exude water that freezes into fascinating shapes, hence its common name frostweed.
FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

Hammer, Roger. 2015.  Attracting hummingbirds and butterflies in tropical Florida.  University Presses of Florida.



Huegel, Craig, N.  2012.  Native wildflowers and other ground covers for Florida landscapes. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.



Osorio, Rufino. 2001. A gardener's guide to Florida's native Plants.  University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.



Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2021. Atlas of Florida Plants (http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/).  Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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