Verbesina chapmanii, commonly known as Chapman's crownbeard, is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.

Verbesina chapmanii is a perennial dicot that typically grows 50 to 80 cm (20 to 31 in) tall.

the involucres are hemispherical to turbinate, and are 8 to 16 mm (0.80 to 1.60 cm) in diameter.

The elliptic cypselae are "purplish black", and are 5-7 mm in length.

[3] It grows in pine barrens, bogs, and flatwoods at elevations of 10 to 30 meters from sea level.