Vernonia noveboracensis

New York ironweed

Photograph(s) by*: RHW

Characteristics

Height: 3.5-8'
Flowers: Aug.-Oct.; purple
Fruit: capsule

Conditions *

Light:
Moisture: Moist Wet
Soil pH:
Soil type: Loamy Organic

Habitat

stream banks, wet fields, fresh water marshes

Native to

Region: Coastal Piedmont Mountain *
States: MD VA WV DE NY PA

Wildlife

*

Notes

brilliant flowers; tall upright form adds structure to garden; spreads

 Publication by USFWS BayScapes Conservation Landscaping Program
http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/chesapeake/plant/1336.htm
Last updated: 1 October 2004