Vernonia arkansana |
Vernonia baldwinii |
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Arkansas ironweed, great ironweed |
Baldwin's ironweed |
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Habit | Plants 8–12(–20) dm. | Plants 6–10(–15) dm. |
Stems | scabrellous to pilosulous, glabrescent. |
puberulent to ± tomentose. |
Leaves | mostly cauline; blades lance-linear, 6–14(–20) cm × 7–15(–25) mm, l/w = 7–10(–18), abaxially scabrellous (hairs awl-shaped), resin-gland-dotted, adaxially scaberulous, glabrescent, resin-gland-dotted. |
mostly cauline; blades elliptic to lance-ovate or lanceolate, 8–15(–18+) cm × 20–45(–75+) mm, l/w = 2–5, abaxially usually puberulent to tomentose or pannose (hairs ± erect, ± curled), seldom glabrate, resin-gland-dotted, adaxially scabrellous, glabrescent, not resin-gland-dotted. |
Peduncles | 2–5 cm. |
1–25 mm. |
Involucres | ± hemispheric, 11–15 × 11–15 mm. |
broadly campanulate to hemispheric, 4–6(–8+) × 4–7+ mm. |
Florets | 50–100+. |
(15–)20–25(–35+). |
Phyllaries | (50–)60–70+ in 5–6 series, scabrellous (and resin-gland-dotted), margins ciliolate, the outer lance-ovate, 3–8+ mm, inner lanceolate, 12–15 mm, tips subulate to filiform. |
45–65+ in 5–6 series, usually puberulent (often resin-gland-dotted distally), sometimes glabrescent, margins ciliolate, the outer lance-ovate, 1–2 mm, inner oblong to lanceolate, 5–8+ mm, tips rounded-apiculate to acute (sometimes recurved). |
Heads | in ± corymbiform arrays. |
in corymbiform-scorpioid arrays. |
Cypselae | 3–5 mm; pappi fuscous to purplish, outer scales 25–30+, 0.5–1 mm, contrasting with 25–30+, 5–7 mm inner bristles. |
2.5–3 mm; pappi fuscous to purplish, outer scales 25–30, 0.2–1 mm, contrasting with 35–40+, 5–7+ mm inner bristles. |
2n | = 34. |
= 34. |
Vernonia arkansana |
Vernonia baldwinii |
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Phenology | Flowering Aug–Oct. | Flowering Jun–Nov. |
Habitat | Leas, roadsides, stream banks, in sand or on limestone | Disturbed places, grasslands, flood plains, forest margins, prairies |
Elevation | 200–300 m (700–1000 ft) | 10–1100 m (0–3600 ft) |
Distribution |
AR; KS; MO; OK
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AR; CO; IA; IL; KS; KY; LA; MI; MO; NE; OK; TX
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Discussion | Vernonia arkansana was published in April, V. crinita in October 1838. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Regarding Vernona baldwinii and V. interior, L. H. Shinners (1950) wrote, “The tips of the phyllaries vary from loosely appressed to squarrose, and from puberulent to almost completely glabrous on the inner face. The geographic distribution of the two extremes is nearly identical. I consider the two to be merely forms of one species.” I concur. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 19, p. 208. | FNA vol. 19, p. 213. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Vernonieae > Vernonia | Asteraceae > tribe Vernonieae > Vernonia |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | V. crinita | V. baldwinii subsp. interior, V. baldwinii var. interior, V. interior |
Name authority | de Candolle: in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 7: 264. (1838) | Torrey: Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 2: 211. (1827) |
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