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About Vernonia arkansana (Ironweed )

Vernonia arkansana - This plant is noted for its narrow, willow-like leaves, large flowering heads and thread-like tips on the involucral bracts. It is an upright perennial that typically grows on stiff, leafy, nearly glabrous stems which grow to 4-6’ tall in cultivation, but to as much as 10’ tall in the wild. Leaves are usually glabrous. Composite flowers, each with fluffy, pink-purple disks bloom in loose cymes from late summer into fall. Family : Asteraceae