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



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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image of Vernonia glauca, Broadleaf Ironweed, Appalachian Ironweed, Tawny Ironweed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_vegl_001_lvd

        

image of Vernonia glauca, Broadleaf Ironweed, Appalachian Ironweed, Tawny Ironweed

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).

image of Vernonia glauca, Broadleaf Ironweed, Appalachian Ironweed, Tawny Ironweed

JK Marlow    jkm110821_278b

August    Pickens County    SC

Hagood Mill

image of Vernonia glauca, Broadleaf Ironweed, Appalachian Ironweed, Tawny Ironweed

JK Marlow    jkm110821_281

August    Pickens County    SC

Hagood Mill

image of Vernonia glauca, Broadleaf Ironweed, Appalachian Ironweed, Tawny Ironweed

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).

image of Vernonia glauca, Broadleaf Ironweed, Appalachian Ironweed, Tawny Ironweed

JK Marlow    jkm230907_5369

September    Greenville County    SC

Greenville Watershed

image of Vernonia glauca, Broadleaf Ironweed, Appalachian Ironweed, Tawny Ironweed

JK Marlow    jkm230907_5370

September    Greenville County    SC

Greenville Watershed

image of Vernonia glauca, Broadleaf Ironweed, Appalachian Ironweed, Tawny Ironweed

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).

image of Vernonia glauca, Broadleaf Ironweed, Appalachian Ironweed, Tawny Ironweed

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

 

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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)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Purplish-blue
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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