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Appalachian ironweed, broad-leaf ironweed

Texas ironweed

Habit Plants 6–10+ dm. Plants 4–8(–10+) dm.
Stems

sparsely appressed-puberulent, glabrescent.

puberulent, glabrescent.

Leaves

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.

basal and cauline;

blades ovate-lanceolate (basal) to narrowly lanceolate (distal), 5–12+ cm × (5–)12–25+ mm, l/w = 3–5 (basal) or 8–17 (distal), abaxially glabrate (pitted, awl-shaped hairs in pits), adaxially puberulent and/or scabrellous.

Peduncles

2–35 mm.

1–35 mm.

Involucres

± hemispheric, 5–8 × 7–8 mm.

± obconic to hemispheric, 4.5–6 × 5–7 mm.

Florets

30–45+.

12–24+.

Phyllaries

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.

35–45+ in 5–6+ series, glabrescent, margins arachno-ciliolate, the outer lance-deltate, 1–32 mm, inner oblong to linear, 4–5(–6) mm, tips acute or rounded-apiculate.

Heads

in corymbiform to paniculiform arrays.

in open, paniculiform-scorpioid arrays.

Cypselae

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.

2–3 mm;

pappi usually whitish to stramineous (rarely purplish), outer scales or bristles 20+, 0.3–1+ mm, contrasting or intergrading with 20+, 6–7+ mm inner subulate scales or bristles.

2n

= 34.

= 34.

Vernonia glauca

Vernonia texana

Phenology Flowering Jul–Sep. Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Dry fields, marshes Pinelands, scrub oak woodlands, sandy or sandy-clay soils
Elevation 10–400 m (0–1300 ft) 60–200 m (200–700 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; DC; DE; GA; MA; MD; NC; NJ; PA; SC; VA
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from FNA
AR; LA; MS; OK; TX
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Source FNA vol. 19, p. 209. FNA vol. 19, p. 211.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Vernonieae > Vernonia Asteraceae > tribe Vernonieae > Vernonia
Sibling taxa
V. acaulis, V. angustifolia, V. arkansana, V. baldwinii, V. blodgettii, V. fasciculata, V. flaccidifolia, V. gigantea, V. larseniae, V. lettermannii, V. lindheimeri, V. marginata, V. missurica, V. noveboracensis, V. pulchella, V. texana
V. acaulis, V. angustifolia, V. arkansana, V. baldwinii, V. blodgettii, V. fasciculata, V. flaccidifolia, V. gigantea, V. glauca, V. larseniae, V. lettermannii, V. lindheimeri, V. marginata, V. missurica, V. noveboracensis, V. pulchella
Synonyms Serratula glauca V. angustifolia var. texana
Name authority (Linnaeus) Willdenow: Sp. Pl. 3: 1633. (1803) (A. Gray) Small: Fl. S.E. U.S., 1338. (1903)
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