Verbesina alternifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.

[2] The name "wingstem" refers to the petioles of the leaves, which run down the stem and form raised ridges or "wings" along it.

[4] The plant grows 3-8 feet tall with an unbranched stem until reaching the inflorescence at the very top.

[6] This plant grows in fertile, moist low-lying areas, such as near creeks and in open bottomland woods, usually not far from a body of water or woodland.

[5][10] It is a larval host to the gold moth (Basilodes pepita) and the silvery checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis).