Common names: yellow ironweed, wingstem, yellow wingstem

Scientific names: Verbesina alternifoia (Actinomeris alternifolia)

Seasons of significant use: fall

Characteristics: Native, perennial, warm season forb to 7.0 feet. Leaves alternate (rarely opposite), simple, margins coarsely serrate to subentire, decurrent as wings on stem; both ray and disk flowers yellow, ray flowers reflexed; fruit is a winged achene. Flowers August-October.

Plant community type: Primarily found in bottomland areas along wooded-open edges.

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