Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vernonia lettermanii
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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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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Heads discoid, 10-12 florets per head, per Flora of North America.
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September Greenville County SC
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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
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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