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Smooth Ironweed
Vernonia fasciculata
Vernonia fasciculata, the smooth ironweed or common ironweed, or prairie ironweed is a species of perennial plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Manitoba in Canada and the north-central U.S.A.
Vernonia fasciculata inhabits areas with moist soils and prairies. It flowers in July to September.
From the article Vernonia fasciculata on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Vernonia fasciculata is a herbaceous perennial that grows 2–4 ft (0.61–1.22 m) tall with unbranched stems, which end in an inflorescences with magenta flowers arranged in a dense corymb.
How it is grown
V. fasciculata is winter hardy in USDA zones 4-9, it is planted in full sun and used in rain gardens and as a naturalized plant because of its showy flower display, it is deer tolerant and adaptable to wet soils.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Cultivation”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 170175.