PLANTS Profile for Vernonia baldwinii (Baldwin's ironweed)

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Vernonia baldwinii Torr.
Baldwin's ironweed

Symbol:

VEBA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Vernonia baldwinii Torr.

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Distribution:
Vernonia baldwinii Torr.


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USA (AR, CO, IA, IL, KS, KY, LA, MN, MO, NE, NM, OK, SD, TX)

Related Taxa:
Vernonia baldwinii Torr.

View 477 genera in Asteraceae, 30 species in Vernonia or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Vernonia baldwinii Torr. ssp. baldwinii. .

Vernonia baldwinii ssp. baldwinii
Baldwin's ironweed

Distribution of Vernonia baldwinii Torr. ssp. interior (Small) Faust. .

Vernonia baldwinii ssp. interior
interior ironweed

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Vernonia baldwinii Torr.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Vernonia Schreb. – ironweed
Species	Vernonia baldwinii Torr. – Baldwin's ironweed

U.S. Weed Information:
Vernonia baldwinii Torr.

Baldwin ironweed
western ironweed

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

NE&GP		Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. 589pp.
SWSS		Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

Wetland Indicator Status:
Vernonia baldwinii Torr.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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UPL,FACW-

UPL

FACW-

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Vernonia baldwinii Torr.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 38622.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

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Vernonia baldwinii Torr.

IL-Weeds of the North Central States

Time Generated: 02/15/2009 03:49 AM MST