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§1 Plant
Vernonia missurica Raf.
vernacular Missouri 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
· 401 counties across 18 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -33 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 165 min.
- Precipitation
- 34–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–7
- Root depth
- 8 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Crown
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 6 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Purple
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Summer
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 378,000
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 401 counties across 18 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Carroll 05015
- Clark 05019
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crittenden 05035
- Dallas 05039
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Jefferson 05069
- Lafayette 05073
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Logan 05083
- Lonoke 05085
- Miller 05091
- Monroe 05095
- Montgomery 05097
- Nevada 05099
- Ouachita 05103
- Perry 05105
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Sebastian 05131
- Sevier 05133
- St. Francis 05123
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Yell 05149
Florida view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 91 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clay 17025
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Ford 17053
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Putnam 17155
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Elkhart 18039
- Fountain 18045
- Fulton 18049
- Greene 18055
- Jasper 18073
- Knox 18083
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Marshall 18099
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Porter 18127
- Pulaski 18131
- Putnam 18133
- Spencer 18147
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Sullivan 18153
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Vermillion 18165
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- White 18181
- Whitley 18183
Iowa view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Avoyelles 22009
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. James 22093
- St. Mary 22101
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Allegan 26005
- Barry 26015
- Bay 26017
- Berrien 26021
- Branch 26023
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Clinton 26037
- Ingham 26065
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Macomb 26099
- Monroe 26115
- Ottawa 26139
- Saginaw 26145
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Mississippi view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 73 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Andrew 29003
- Atchison 29005
- Audrain 29007
- Barton 29011
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Buchanan 29021
- Butler 29023
- Caldwell 29025
- Callaway 29027
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Cass 29037
- Chariton 29041
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Clinton 29049
- Crawford 29055
- DeKalb 29063
- Dent 29065
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Gentry 29075
- Grundy 29079
- Harrison 29081
- Henry 29083
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Knox 29103
- Lafayette 29107
- Lewis 29111
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- Mercer 29129
- Mississippi 29133
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Nodaway 29147
- Oregon 29149
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Platte 29165
- Putnam 29171
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Schuyler 29197
- Scotland 29199
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- Shelby 29205
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Stone 29209
- Sullivan 29211
- Vernon 29217
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Angelina 48005
- Bowie 48037
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Cameron 48061
- Cherokee 48073
- Hardin 48199
- Harris 48201
- Harrison 48203
- Henderson 48213
- Jasper 48241
- Lamar 48277
- Leon 48289
- Liberty 48291
- Madison 48313
- McLennan 48309
- Montgomery 48339
- Newton 48351
- Orange 48361
- Robertson 48395
- Sabine 48403
- San Jacinto 48407
- Smith 48423
- Titus 48449
- Tyler 48457
- Walker 48471
- Wood 48499
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/VEMI2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5397399 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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