Vernonia arkansana |
Vernonia glauca |
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Arkansas ironweed, great ironweed |
Appalachian ironweed, broad-leaf ironweed |
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Habit | Plants 8–12(–20) dm. | Plants 6–10+ dm. |
Stems | scabrellous to pilosulous, glabrescent. |
sparsely appressed-puberulent, glabrescent. |
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 lanceolate to oblanceolate, 10–15(–18+) cm × 30–45(–70+) mm, l/w = 2.5–3.5(–4), abaxially scabrellous (hairs awl-shaped), resin-gland-dotted or not, adaxially glabrous or sparsely puberulent. |
Peduncles | 2–5 cm. |
2–35 mm. |
Involucres | ± hemispheric, 11–15 × 11–15 mm. |
± hemispheric, 5–8 × 7–8 mm. |
Florets | 50–100+. |
30–45+. |
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. |
40–60 in 5–6 series, sparsely puberulent to tomentulose, glabrescent, margins ciliolate, the outer lance-deltate to subulate, 1–3 mm, inner oblong, 4–7+ mm, tips acuminate to subulate or filiform. |
Heads | in ± corymbiform arrays. |
in corymbiform to paniculiform 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. |
3–4 mm; pappi stramineous to whitish, outer subulate scales or bristles 30, 0.5–1.5+ mm, intergrading with 30+, 6–8 mm inner subulate scales or bristles. |
2n | = 34. |
= 34. |
Vernonia arkansana |
Vernonia glauca |
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Phenology | Flowering Aug–Oct. | Flowering Jul–Sep. |
Habitat | Leas, roadsides, stream banks, in sand or on limestone | Dry fields, marshes |
Elevation | 200–300 m (700–1000 ft) | 10–400 m (0–1300 ft) |
Distribution |
AR; KS; MO; OK
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AL; DC; DE; GA; MA; MD; NC; NJ; PA; SC; VA
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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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 19, p. 208. | FNA vol. 19, p. 209. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Vernonieae > Vernonia | Asteraceae > tribe Vernonieae > Vernonia |
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Synonyms | V. crinita | Serratula glauca |
Name authority | de Candolle: in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 7: 264. (1838) | (Linnaeus) Willdenow: Sp. Pl. 3: 1633. (1803) |
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