Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vernonia angustifolia var. scaberrima
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vernonia angustifolia var. scaberrima
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vernonia angustifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Vernonia angustifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Vernonia angustifolia ssp. scaberrima
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-27-003b:
Vernonia angustifolia var. scaberrima FAMILY Asteraceae__
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vernonia recurva
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vernonia scaberrima
COMMON NAME:
Georgia Sandhill Ironweed, Georgia Slender Ironweed
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vernonia angustifolia var. scaberrima
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vernonia angustifolia var. scaberrima
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vernonia angustifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Vernonia angustifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Vernonia angustifolia ssp. scaberrima
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-27-003b:
Vernonia angustifolia var. scaberrima
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vernonia recurva
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vernonia scaberrima
4881
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Uncommon
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
Disc: Purplish-blue
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
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