Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Asteraceae

Vernonia - [maps | photos]

• Vernonia flaccidifolia Small
  Common Name: Tennessee ironweed

• Vernonia gigantea (Walter) Trel.
  NWI TN: Facultative +
  Common Name: giant ironweed
  Synonyms:
  

         • Vernonia altissima Nutt.

• Vernonia missurica Raf.
  NWI TN: Facultative +
  Common Name: Missouri ironweed

• Vernonia noveboracensis (L.) Michx.
  NWI TN: Facultative +
  Common Name: New York ironweed

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke.