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Vernonia fasciculata Michaux. Common name: Smooth Ironweed. Phenology: Jul-Oct. Habitat: Wet prairies, moist open ground. Distribution: KY and OH west to MB and CO.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA19, Il, K4, NE, NY, POWO; > Vernonia fasciculata Michx. ssp. fasciculata — GrPl, Mo2, Oh3; > Vernonia fasciculata Michx. var. fasciculata — C, F. Basionym: Vernonia fasciculata Michx. 1803

Links to other floras: = Vernonia fasciculata - FNA19

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (name change)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC (name change)
  • Great Plains: FAC (name change)
  • Midwest: FACW (name change)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACW (name change)

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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