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§1 Plant
Vernonia marginata (Torr.) Raf.
vernacular plains 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
· 79 counties across 7 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 79 counties across 7 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Armstrong 48011
- Bailey 48017
- Borden 48033
- Brewster 48043
- Briscoe 48045
- Carson 48065
- Castro 48069
- Childress 48075
- Concho 48095
- Cottle 48101
- Crockett 48105
- Crosby 48107
- Culberson 48109
- Dallam 48111
- Deaf Smith 48117
- Donley 48129
- Floyd 48153
- Garza 48169
- Gray 48179
- Hale 48189
- Hall 48191
- Hansford 48195
- Hartley 48205
- Hudspeth 48229
- Hutchinson 48233
- Irion 48235
- Jackson 48239
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Knox 48275
- Lamb 48279
- Lipscomb 48295
- Lubbock 48303
- Lynn 48305
- Moore 48341
- Motley 48345
- Nolan 48353
- Ochiltree 48357
- Oldham 48359
- Palo Pinto 48363
- Parmer 48369
- Pecos 48371
- Potter 48375
- Presidio 48377
- Randall 48381
- Reagan 48383
- Roberts 48393
- Runnels 48399
- Schleicher 48413
- Scurry 48415
- Shackelford 48417
- Sherman 48421
- Sterling 48431
- Sutton 48435
- Swisher 48437
- Taylor 48441
- Throckmorton 48447
- Tom Green 48451
Utah view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/VEMA2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7407174 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
fetched 2026-05-26T14:42:51Z