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§1 Plant
Vernonia angustifolia Michx.
vernacular tall ironweed — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Vernonia
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 166 counties across 6 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 166 counties across 6 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Calhoun 12013
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Columbia 12023
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Jackson 12063
- Lake 12069
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Marion 12083
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Pasco 12101
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Seminole 12117
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 66 N ▾
- Appling 13001
- Atkinson 13003
- Bacon 13005
- Baker 13007
- Baldwin 13009
- Ben Hill 13017
- Berrien 13019
- Bleckley 13023
- Brantley 13025
- Brooks 13027
- Bryan 13029
- Bulloch 13031
- Calhoun 13037
- Camden 13039
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Clay 13061
- Coffee 13069
- Colquitt 13071
- Columbia 13073
- Cook 13075
- Crisp 13081
- Decatur 13087
- Dougherty 13095
- Early 13099
- Echols 13101
- Emanuel 13107
- Evans 13109
- Glynn 13127
- Grady 13131
- Hancock 13141
- Irwin 13155
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Jenkins 13165
- Lamar 13171
- Lanier 13173
- Laurens 13175
- Lee 13177
- Lowndes 13185
- McDuffie 13189
- Meriwether 13199
- Mitchell 13205
- Montgomery 13209
- Muscogee 13215
- Peach 13225
- Pierce 13229
- Pike 13231
- Pulaski 13235
- Randolph 13243
- Richmond 13245
- Screven 13251
- Stewart 13259
- Talbot 13263
- Tattnall 13267
- Taylor 13269
- Telfair 13271
- Tift 13277
- Toombs 13279
- Treutlen 13283
- Upson 13293
- Wayne 13305
- Wheeler 13309
- Wilkinson 13319
- Worth 13321
Mississippi view state ↗ 9 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 15 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Edgefield 45037
- Fairfield 45039
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Lee 45061
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- Orangeburg 45075
- Richland 45079
- Saluda 45081
- Sumter 45085
- Williamsburg 45089
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/VEAN ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7725720 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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