Plants Profile for Vernonia baldwinii (Baldwin's ironweed)

General Information
Symbol:	VEBA
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Asteraceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	L48 N
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Clarence A. Rechenthin. Provided by USDA NRCS East Texas PMC (ETPMC). Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 353. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Classification

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

Subordinate Taxa

The Plants Database includes the following 2 subspecies of Vernonia baldwinii . Click below on a thumbnail map or name for subspecies profiles.

Native

Introduced

Native and Introduced

Distribution of <i>Vernonia baldwinii</i> Torr. ssp. <i>baldwinii </i>

Vernonia baldwinii ssp. baldwinii
Baldwin's ironweed

Distribution of <i>Vernonia baldwinii</i> Torr. ssp. <i>interior</i> (Small) Faust

Vernonia baldwinii ssp. interior
interior ironweed

Legal Status

U.S. Weed Information
Vernonia baldwinii 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,and M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska.
SWSS	Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	UPL
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	UPL
Great Plains	FACU
Midwest	UPL
Northcentral & Northeast	UPL
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	FACU