English > crown beard: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads. |
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| Synonyms | crownbeard, crown-beard |
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| Member of | Verbesina, genus Verbesina | herbs and shrubs of warm North America to Mexico |
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| Narrower | Virginia crownbeard, frostweed, frost-weed, Verbesina virginica | tall perennial herb having clusters of white flowers |
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| cowpen daisy, golden crownbeard, golden crown beard, butter daisy, Verbesina encelioides, Ximenesia encelioides | coarse greyish-green annual yellow-flowered herb |
| gravelweed, Verbesina helianthoides | perennial herb with yellow flowers |
| wingstem, golden ironweed, yellow ironweed, golden honey plant, Verbesina alternifolia, Actinomeris alternifolia | perennial herb with showy yellow flowers |
| Broader | composite, composite plant | Considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers |
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| Spanish | verbesina |
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