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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vernonia noveboracensis
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Read more about New York Ironweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vernonia noveboracensis
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-27-005:
Vernonia noveboracensis FAMILY Asteraceae__
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vernonia harperi
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vernonia noveboracensis
COMMON NAME:
New York Ironweed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_veno_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_veno_004_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm220503_7516
May Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220503_7519
May Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
Stems striate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. Stems rough-hairy, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
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JK Marlow jkm220503_7525
May Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm0407e_01
July Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Stems with numerous alternate, lanceolate leaves 4-8" long, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).
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Keith Bradley kab_v_noveboracensis_2271
July Haywood County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm0308q_25
August Jackson County NC
Roadside
The intense, deep purple-violet color extends in some degree to the herbage, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm060805_039
August Haywood County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm060805_043
August Haywood County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Flower heads consist of 30-65 tubular disk flowers (no ray flowers), per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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JK Marlow jkm060805_085b
August Haywood County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Stems 0.6-2m tall or taller, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm210824_3087
August Pickens County SC
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Tim Spira tpsvnoveboracensis
August
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JK Marlow jkm070924_002
September Greenville County SC
Field
Can be found in low woods and wet fields, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999).
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JK Marlow jkm070926_001
September Greenville County SC
Field
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JK Marlow jkm070926_004
September Greenville County SC
Field
It has long, pointed involucral bracts, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999).
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JK Marlow s070924_a
September Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow s070924_b
September Greenville County SC
Styles.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_v_noveboracensis
October
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JK Marlow jkm0311c_10
November Jackson County NC
Roadside/creekside
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JK Marlow jkm0311c_29
November Jackson County NC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm071105_002
November Greenville County SC
Field
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JK Marlow s031109_b
November Jackson County NC
Roadside
Nutlets 3-5mm long; pappus dark brown to purple, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vernonia noveboracensis
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vernonia noveboracensis
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-27-005:
Vernonia noveboracensis
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vernonia harperi
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vernonia noveboracensis
1609
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Pastures, bottomlands, streamsides, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
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!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p279
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p049
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p187
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p128
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p402
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p550
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p210
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p389
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p104
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p255
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p126
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p334
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p386
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p465
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p188
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p288
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