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Vernonia missurica Raf.
Missouri ironweed

       
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Photo of Vernonia missurica Raf.
Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.
 
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Vernonia missurica Raf.

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Synonyms:
Vernonia missurica Raf.

  VEAB2 Vernonia aborigina Gleason
 

Distribution:
Vernonia missurica Raf.

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USA (AL, AR, FL, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MI, MO, MS, NE, NM, OH, OK, TN, TX)
 

Related Taxa:
Vernonia missurica Raf.

View 478 genera in Asteraceae, 30 species in Vernonia
 

Classification:
Vernonia missurica Raf.

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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 missurica Raf. – Missouri ironweed
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Vernonia missurica Raf.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Ohio:
Missouri ironweed              Endangered
 

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Vernonia missurica Raf.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACU+,FACW FACU+ FAC+ FAC+ NO FACW FACW NI NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Vernonia missurica Raf.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 38643.

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 
 
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