Vernonia fasciculata -- (Prairie Ironweed)


 
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 Scientific Name:  Vernonia fasciculata
 Common Name:  Prairie Ironweed
 Other Common Names:  Bunched Ironweed, Common Ironweed
 Duration of Life:  Perennial
 Bloom Color:  Red, Purple
 Soil Moisture:  Wet, Mesic
 Plant Origin:  Native
 Competitivness:  Aggressive
 Best established via:  Seed, Plant
 Growth Habit:  Forb/herb
 Height, Mature (feet):  5
 Flowering Months:  July, August
 Seeds Per Ounce:  22000
 Found in Old fields:  No
 Found in Virgin fields:  No
 Where Found in S.E. MN:

 Category:  Dicot
 Division:  Magnoliophyta
 Class:  Magnoliopsida
 Order:  Asterales
 Family:  Asteraceae
 Genus:  Vernonia

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