Chapman's Crownbeard

Plants 50–50(–80+) cm (perennating bases ± horizontal rhizomes, internodes not winged). Leaves all or mostly opposite (distal sometimes alternate); blades ± elliptic, 3–6(–10) × 0.8–2.2(–3) cm, bases ± cuneate, margins toothed to subentire, apices ± rounded or obtuse, faces ± scabrellous. Heads borne singly or (2–)3+ in dichasial arrays. Involucres ± hemispheric to turbinate, 8–16 mm diam. Phyllaries 18–24+ in 2–3 series, ± erect, spatulate to lance-linear, 5–9+ mm. Ray florets 0. Disc florets 40–60(–80+); corollas yellow. Cypselae purplish black, ± elliptic, 5–7 mm, faces glabrous or sparsely hirtellous; pappi 0–0.3 mm. 2n = 34.

Verbesina chapmanii, commonly known as Chapman's crownbeard, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and the genus Verbesina. It is a perennial dicot.

It is native to the Florida panhandle, growing in fire prone pine flatwoods. The plant has wingless stems and rough hairy leaves. It can grow up to 30 inches (762 mm) tall and forms a cypsela fruit. The yellow flowers emerge in June to August.