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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vernonia flaccidifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vernonia flaccidifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vernonia flaccidifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Vernonia flaccidifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vernonia flaccidifolia
COMMON NAME:
Tennessee Ironweed
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_v_flaccidifolia_3
July
Stem leaves abundant, stems glabrous. Flowers 16-26 per head, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vernonia flaccidifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vernonia flaccidifolia
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vernonia flaccidifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Vernonia flaccidifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vernonia flaccidifolia
3387
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Upland deciduous forests and woodlands, woodland borders, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Common in GA Mountains (rare in GA Piedmont)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly 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!
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p104
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p125
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p334
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p386
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p189
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