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Texas ironweed

Appalachian ironweed, broad-leaf ironweed

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

puberulent, glabrescent.

sparsely appressed-puberulent, glabrescent.

Leaves

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.

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

1–35 mm.

2–35 mm.

Involucres

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

± hemispheric, 5–8 × 7–8 mm.

Florets

12–24+.

30–45+.

Phyllaries

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.

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 open, paniculiform-scorpioid arrays.

in corymbiform to paniculiform arrays.

Cypselae

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.

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 texana

Vernonia glauca

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