Vernonia fasciculata Michx.

Prairie ironweed (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Vernonia

Characteristics

Stems 3–14 dm, often red or purple, puberulent above, otherwise glabrous or nearly so; lvs denticulate to sharply serrate, glabrous, conspicuously pitted-punctate beneath; infl usually flat and dense, 4–10 cm wide; fls 10–26; invol 5–9 mm, its principal bracts rounded to subacute, entire or sparsely ciliate, commonly glabrous on the back; pappus tawny to purple; 2n=34. Wet prairies and marshes. The midwestern var. fasciculata, occurring from O., Ind., and Ky. to Minn., e. Nebr., e. Kans., and e. Okla., is 5–14 dm tall, with the middle cauline lvs 8–18 cm, narrowly to broadly lanceolate, glabrous above or minutely puberulent near the margin. The more western var. nebraskensis Gleason (V. corymbosa), occurring from s. Man. to Nebr. and ne. Colo., barely entering our range in w. Minn. and w. Io., is 3–6 dm tall, with the middle cauline lvs 4–10 cm, lance-ovate, scabrous above near the margins.
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Plants 3–12+ dm. Stems puberulent, glabrescent. Leaves mostly cauline; blades ± lanceolate, 5–12(–20+) cm × 5–18(–40+) mm, l/w = 5–9(–14+), abaxially glabrate (pitted, with awl-shaped hairs in pits), adaxially scabrellous, resin-gland-dotted (sometimes pitted). Heads in congested, corymbiform arrays. Peduncles 1–8(–12+) mm. Involucres ± campanulate, 5–7(–8+) × 4–6 mm. Phyllaries 25–35+ in 4–5+ series, glabrescent, margins arachno-ciliolate, the outer lance-ovate, 1–3 mm, inner oblong to linear-oblong, 5–7+ mm, tips acute or rounded-apiculate. Florets 12–25+. Cypselae 3.5–4 mm; pappi fuscous to purplish, outer subulate scales or bristles 20–30, 0.5–3+ mm, intergrading with 35–45+, 5–7+ mm inner subulate scales or bristles. 2n = 34.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.75 - 1.45
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) 0.3
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-9

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Tumor (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 84
Germination temperacture (C°) 4
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Vernonia fasciculata leaf picture by Danilo Diedrichs (cc-by-sa)
Vernonia fasciculata leaf picture by David Koser (cc-by-sa)
Vernonia fasciculata leaf picture by jimseng jimseng (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Vernonia fasciculata flower picture by Mike (cc-by-sa)
Vernonia fasciculata flower picture by David Koser (cc-by-sa)
Vernonia fasciculata flower picture by carolyn currie (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Vernonia fasciculata world distribution map, present in Canada and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:258347-1
WFO ID wfo-0000123366
COL ID 5B4WX
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Vernonia schweinitzii Cacalia fasciculata Serratula corymbosa Vernonia corymbosa Plectreca corymbosa Vernonia corymbosa Cacalia corymbosa Vernonia fasciculata var. fasciculata Vernonia fasciculata subsp. corymbosa Vernonia fasciculata var. nebraskensis Vernonia fasciculata