Vernonia noveboracensis
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Photo courtesy Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Vernonia noveboracensis |
| Common name: | New York Ironweed |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | 3 - 7' |
| Foliage: | alternate, simple |
| Flower: | purple flowerheads 1/2 to 3/4 inch across, in clusters 3-5 inches across |
| Flowering time: | August-September |
| Habitat: | moist thickets and stream edges, low wet woods and marshes, esp. near the coast |
| Range in New Jersey: | statewide |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc. | USDA lists as Facultative wetland species: Usually occurs in wetlands (estimated probability 67%-99%), but occasionally found in non-wetlands. One of the features distinguishing this species from V. glauca is the pappus purplish or purple-tinged, brownish-purple, or a dark tawny, with involucres 7-12 mm highbeing . Cf. with V. glauca where the pappus is creamy or stamineous with involucres 6-8 mm high. Upright growth pattern; 30-50 flowered. Achenes 4-4.5mm long. |