New York Ironweed
Vernonia noveboracensis
Asteraceae
Growth habit
Herbaceous
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Not Native to the Finger Lakes Region, Eastern North America
Location
Mundy Wildflower Garden, Peterson Oak Grove
Source of plant
North Creek Nurseries, Sunny Border Ohio, Sunny Border Nurseries
Description
Plants 90-180cm in height, glabrous or slightly hairy, never glaucous. Leaves long-lanceolate to lanceolate-oblong, to 20cm long and 1.5-4.7cm wide, gradually tapering to the base, somewhat scabrous above, glabrous or slightly pubescent below. Flowers dull purple, the heads about 12mm across, held in open cymes.
USDA Hardiness Zone
4