NameThatPlant.net: Vernonia flaccidifolia

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vernonia flaccidifolia FAMILY Asteraceae__ Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vernonia flaccidifolia FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Vernonia flaccidifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Vernonia flaccidifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Vernonia flaccidifolia

COMMON NAME:
Tennessee Ironweed

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image of Vernonia flaccidifolia, Tennessee Ironweed

Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_v_flaccidifolia_3

July

Stem leaves abundant, stems glabrous. Flowers 16-26 per head, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vernonia flaccidifolia FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vernonia flaccidifolia FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vernonia flaccidifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Vernonia flaccidifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vernonia flaccidifolia

3387

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Upland deciduous forests and woodlands, woodland borders, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Common in GA Mountains (rare in GA Piedmont)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Purplish-blue
Rays: Absent
Bisexual
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

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