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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vernonia angustifolia var. angustifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Vernonia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vernonia angustifolia ssp. angustifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Vernonia angustifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-27-003a:
Vernonia angustifolia var. angustifolia FAMILY Asteraceae__
COMMON NAME:
Narrowleaf Ironweed, Carolina Slender Ironweed, Carolina Sandhill Ironweed
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JK Marlow jkm080713_056
July Aiken County SC
Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm080713_056b
July Aiken County SC
Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve
Flowers of the genus Vernonia are all discoid, all bisexual, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm080713_061
July Aiken County SC
Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve
The epithet "angustifolia" means "narrow leaves", per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Will Stuart wil_vangusti20230906_0352
September Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
A concentrated stand of Carolina Sandhill Ironweed in a managed field burned in late spring.
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Will Stuart wil_vangusti20230912_1497
September Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
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Will Stuart wil_vangusti20230914_0648
September Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
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Will Stuart wil_vangusti230906_0352b
September Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
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Will Stuart wil_vangusti230914_0648b
September Richmond County NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Outer phyllaries 1.8-4.8mm long, their tips acuminate to long acuminate; involucres 5-7mm high, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvangustifolia_echwsw1
Month Unknown Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvangustifolia_echwsw2
Month Unknown Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvangustifolia_stdhlf3
Month Unknown SC
Francis Marion National Forest
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vernonia angustifolia var. angustifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vernonia angustifolia ssp. angustifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Vernonia angustifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-27-003a:
Vernonia angustifolia var. angustifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
1607
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, rare 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!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p279
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p048?
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p306
- 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 Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p083
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