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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Asteraceae
Vernonia fasciculata Michx. subsp. fasciculata
common ironweed, prairie ironweed, smooth ironweed
Vernonia: for William Vernon, an English botanist
fasciculata: meaning "of bundles"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 2'-6' tall forb; stems often reddish to purple |
| Flower: | head up to 1/3" wide with violet-purple disk flowers; inflorescence 1 1/2" - 4" wide, flat, dense cluster; blooms July-Sept. |
| Fruit: | hairy, dry seed on brownish/purple, fluffy pappus |
| Leaf: | alternate, toothed, longer than wide, lower surface hairless and pitted, upper surface smooth, center stem leaves 3" - 7" long, lance-like |
| Habitat: | full sun; wet to moderate moisture; prairies, meadows, pastures; in sandy, loamy soil |
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