Vernonia arkansana A.P. de Candolle. Common name: Arkansas Ironweed. Phenology: Jul-Sep. Habitat: Streambanks and gravel bars; eastwards introduced on roadsides and other open habitats. Distribution: Sw. IA, MO and e. KS south to AR and OK. Introduced eastwards in e. NC on roadsides. Also introduced, apparently accidentally, in s meadow at Patuxent NWR, Anne Arundel County, MD.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, FNA19, GrPl, Il, K4, Mo2, NY, POWO, SE1; = n/a — RAB, Tat; = Vernonia crinita Raf. — F. Basionym: Vernonia arkansana DC. 1838
Links to other floras: = Vernonia arkansana - FNA19
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
- Great Plains: FAC
- Midwest: FAC
- Northcentral & Northeast: FAC
Heliophily ⓘ: 4
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