Summary ⁴

Vernonia gigantea (also known as Giant ironweed, Tall Ironweed or Ironweed) is a species of perennial plant from Asteraceae family that can be found in United States and Canada. The plant is native to the eastern United States, north to New York state and Ontario, and southwest to Texas.

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1. (c) Phillip Merritt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/21281906@N00/219335768
2. (c) Lee Bonnifield, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/lee_bonnifield/8162771072/
3. (c) Lee Bonnifield, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/lee_bonnifield/8163176484/
4. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernonia_gigantea

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Go Botany
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• Maryland Biodiversity Project
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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