Biology:Vernonia noveboracensis

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Short description: Species of plant

Vernonia noveboracensis
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Closeup of flowers

Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Vernonia
Species:
V. noveboracensis
Binomial name
Vernonia noveboracensis
(L.) Michx.
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Natural range in North America

Vernonia noveboracensis, the New York ironweed[1] or vein-leaf hawkweed, is a plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the eastern United States, from Florida to Massachusetts and west to Tennessee, Alabama, and West Virginia and to southern Ontario.[2]

Description

Vernonia noveboracensis is a herbaceous plant with alternate, simple leaves, on stiff, greenish purple stems. The flowers are purple, borne in summer and fall.[3] This ironweed is an herbaceous perennial that spreads by seeds and runners. Ironweed can be an aggressive weed in moist soils.[4]

References

  1. "Vernonia noveboracensis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=VENO. 
  2. "Vernonia noveboracensis". Flora of North America. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=220014135. 
  3. Blanchan, Neltje (2005). Wild Flowers Worth Knowing. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation. 
  4. Martin, Alexander C. (1972). Weeds. Racine, Wisconsin: Western Publishing Company. p. 116. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1983017 entry