OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vernonia angustifolia var. angustifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vernonia angustifolia ssp. angustifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Vernonia angustifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-27-003a:

Vernonia angustifolia var. angustifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae__

 

COMMON NAME:
Narrowleaf Ironweed, Carolina Slender Ironweed, Carolina Sandhill Ironweed


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image of Vernonia angustifolia var. angustifolia, Narrowleaf Ironweed, Carolina Slender Ironweed, Carolina Sandhill Ironweed

JK Marlow    jkm080713_056

July    Aiken County    SC

Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve

image of Vernonia angustifolia var. angustifolia, Narrowleaf Ironweed, Carolina Slender Ironweed, Carolina Sandhill Ironweed

JK Marlow    jkm080713_056b

July    Aiken County    SC

Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve

Flowers of the genus Vernonia are all discoid, all bisexual, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Vernonia angustifolia var. angustifolia, Narrowleaf Ironweed, Carolina Slender Ironweed, Carolina Sandhill Ironweed

JK Marlow    jkm080713_061

July    Aiken County    SC

Aiken Gopher Tortoise Heritage Preserve

The epithet "angustifolia" means "narrow leaves", per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Vernonia angustifolia var. angustifolia, Narrowleaf Ironweed, Carolina Slender Ironweed, Carolina Sandhill Ironweed

Will Stuart    wil_vangusti20230906_0352

September    Richmond County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

A concentrated stand of Carolina Sandhill Ironweed in a managed field burned in late spring.

image of Vernonia angustifolia var. angustifolia, Narrowleaf Ironweed, Carolina Slender Ironweed, Carolina Sandhill Ironweed

Will Stuart    wil_vangusti20230912_1497

September    Richmond County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

image of Vernonia angustifolia var. angustifolia, Narrowleaf Ironweed, Carolina Slender Ironweed, Carolina Sandhill Ironweed

Will Stuart    wil_vangusti20230914_0648

September    Richmond County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

image of Vernonia angustifolia var. angustifolia, Narrowleaf Ironweed, Carolina Slender Ironweed, Carolina Sandhill Ironweed

Will Stuart    wil_vangusti230906_0352b

September    Richmond County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

image of Vernonia angustifolia var. angustifolia, Narrowleaf Ironweed, Carolina Slender Ironweed, Carolina Sandhill Ironweed

Will Stuart    wil_vangusti230914_0648b

September    Richmond County    NC

North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands

Outer phyllaries 1.8-4.8mm long, their tips acuminate to long acuminate; involucres 5-7mm high, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Vernonia angustifolia var. angustifolia, Narrowleaf Ironweed, Carolina Slender Ironweed, Carolina Sandhill Ironweed

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvangustifolia_echwsw1

Month Unknown    Berkeley County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

image of Vernonia angustifolia var. angustifolia, Narrowleaf Ironweed, Carolina Slender Ironweed, Carolina Sandhill Ironweed

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvangustifolia_echwsw2

Month Unknown    Berkeley County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

image of Vernonia angustifolia var. angustifolia, Narrowleaf Ironweed, Carolina Slender Ironweed, Carolina Sandhill Ironweed

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvangustifolia_stdhlf3

Month Unknown        SC

Francis Marion National Forest

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vernonia angustifolia var. angustifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vernonia angustifolia ssp. angustifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Vernonia angustifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-27-003a:
Vernonia angustifolia var. angustifolia   FAMILY Asteraceae__

 

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1607

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, rare in GA

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Purplish-blue
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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