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Current determination: Verbesina virginica — Asteraceae
G. Lincecum determination: Verbesina virginica — Asteraceae
A second page of notes (attached below) not accompanied by a specimen, identified by Lincecum simply as 'Purple Stem,' has been determined by Joanne Birch as Verbesina Virginica on the basis of the given description. Compare, for example, Lincecum's seed drawing with the achene of V. virginica shown below the note.
V. Virginica achene. (Image by Bob Harms)
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