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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vernonia glauca
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Read more about Broadleaf Ironweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vernonia glauca
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Vernonia glauca
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-27-004:
Vernonia glauca FAMILY Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vernonia glauca
COMMON NAME:
Broadleaf Ironweed, Appalachian Ironweed, Tawny Ironweed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vegl_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm110821_278
August Pickens County SC
Hagood Mill
Leaves numerous, elliptic to lanceolate, usually glaucous beneath, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm110821_278b
August Pickens County SC
Hagood Mill
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JK Marlow jkm110821_281
August Pickens County SC
Hagood Mill
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JK Marlow jkm230907_5367
September Greenville County SC
Greenville Watershed
Leaf blades 2.5-3.5 (-4)× as long as wide [vs. V. noveboracensis (3.3-) 4-6× as long as wide], per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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JK Marlow jkm230907_5369
September Greenville County SC
Greenville Watershed
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JK Marlow jkm230907_5370
September Greenville County SC
Greenville Watershed
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JK Marlow jkm230907_5370b
September Greenville County SC
Greenville Watershed
Heads with 30-48 spreading tubular florets with 5 narrow lobes, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvglauca_wm2
Month Unknown Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vernonia glauca
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vernonia glauca
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Vernonia glauca
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-27-004:
Vernonia glauca
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vernonia glauca
1608
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Pastures, bottomlands, streamsides, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Piedmont & SC Mountains (rare in Coastal Plain & NC Mountains) (uncommon elsewhere in GA)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Purplish-blue
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p049
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p550
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p388
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p104
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p125
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p188
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