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


SYNONYMOUS WITH (CORRECTIBLE ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vernonia lettermannii   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH (CORRECTIBLE ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR) Flora of North America

Vernonia lettermannii

SYNONYMOUS WITH (CORRECTIBLE ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR) Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Vernonia lettermannii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)

Vernonia lettermanii

 

COMMON NAME:
Lettermann's Ironweed, Narrowleaf Ironweed


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image of Vernonia lettermanii, Lettermann's Ironweed, Narrowleaf Ironweed

JK Marlow    jkm120922_110

September    Greenville County    SC

SC Native Plant Society Plant Sale

Heads discoid, 10-12 florets per head, per Flora of North America.

image of Vernonia lettermanii, Lettermann's Ironweed, Narrowleaf Ironweed

JK Marlow    jkm120922_114

September    Greenville County    SC

SC Native Plant Society Plant Sale

image of Vernonia lettermanii, Lettermann's Ironweed, Narrowleaf Ironweed

JK Marlow    jkm120922_116

September    Greenville County    SC

SC Native Plant Society Plant Sale

Leaf blades filiform, 1-3(+)mm wide, per Flora of North America.

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH (CORRECTIBLE ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vernonia lettermannii   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH (CORRECTIBLE ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR) Flora of North America
Vernonia lettermannii

SYNONYMOUS WITH (CORRECTIBLE ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR) Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Vernonia lettermannii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Vernonia lettermanii

 

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3522

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Gravel bars, per Weakley's Flora

Native: Western US

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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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