Vernonia lettermanii Engelmann ex A. Gray. Common name: Letterman's Ironweed, Narrowleaf Ironweed. Phenology: Jul-Aug. Habitat: Gravel bars. Distribution: AR and OK, broadly Ouachitan.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = SE1; = Vernonia lettermani; = Vernonia lettermannii Engelm. ex A.Gray — Ar, FNA19, POWO, correctable orthographic error. Basionym: Vernonia lettermanii Engelm. ex A.Gray 1880
Links to other floras: = Vernonia lettermannii - FNA19
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (name change)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW (name change)
- Great Plains: OBL (name change)
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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