| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Verbesina nana B.L.Rob. & Greenm. trib. Heliantheae |
| Bibliography | Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 34: 543 (1899) |
| Native Range | New Mexico to Texas and ne. Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 1000-2000m |
| Description | leaves opposite, deltate to rhombic, 3-8cm, dentate, velutinous-strigose, capitula solitary, involucre crateriform, bracts linear to lanceolate, ligules 10-12mm |
| Size | 7-15cm |
| Color | yellow, orange |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Wootonella nana Standl. Ximenesia encelioides var. nana A.Gray Ximenesia nana (A.Gray) Shinners |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast) |