Question: This is a flower blooming now in a meadow restoration by Muhlenberg College in Lancaster Co. Park, Lancaster, PA. There …
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Question
This is a flower blooming now in a meadow restoration by Muhlenberg College in Lancaster Co. Park, Lancaster, PA. There are many yellow natives in bloom there now that I have been able to identify, but I haven't been able to identify this one. Can you help?
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Dear ieagleson, you have photographed Verbesina alternifolia (wingstem crownbear), a species in the aster family. It should have wing angles on the stem that descend from the leaf margins (i.e., decurrent leaf bases), which cannot be seen in your image. Best wishes.
