Verbesina encelioides
Encyclopedia
Verbesina encelioides (American dogweed, butter daisy, crown-beard, golden crown-beard or South African daisy) is a flowering plant
in the family Asteraceae
. The species is native to the United States
and Mexico
. It is naturalized in the Middle East, Spain, Argentina, Australia and the Pacific islands.
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
in the family Asteraceae
Asteraceae
The Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...
. The species is native to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. It is naturalized in the Middle East, Spain, Argentina, Australia and the Pacific islands.