FNPS Plant Database

Vernonia noveboracensis

New York ironweed

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Nomenclature

Common Name:

New York ironweed

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Vernonia noveboracensis

Family:

Asteraceae (Compositae)

Plant Specifics

Form:

flower

Size:

5-8 ft

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

pink,red,purple

Fruit Color:

NA

Phenology:

winter dormant

Noted For:

Showy Flowers

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Moist wildflower garden. Also useful to naturalize along the edges of ponds, wetlands, and streams.

Considerations:

Availability:

Seed

Propagation:

Seed, division.

Light:

Part Sun

Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded------------------------------------------------Extremely Dry

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Stays wet ---to--- Somewhat moist, no flooding

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand, Clay, Loam

Soil pH:

Adaptable

Suitable to Grow In:

USDA zones are based on the average annual extreme minimum winter temperature.



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Ecology

Wildlife:

Pollinators, Butterflies, Caterpillars

Nectar attracts native bees and butterflies. 





Larval host for Spring azure.

Native Habitats:

Hydric to moist savannas, openings along streams, wet pastures, floodplains, bluffs, bay swamps.

Natural Range in Florida:

Comments:

Ethnobotany:

General Comments:

The genus name honors the English botanist William Vernon, who did fieldwork in North America.

Citations:

Huegel, Craig, N.  2012.  Native wildflowers and other ground covers for Florida landscapes. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.



Tras, Pamela.  2001.  Gardening for Florida's butterflies.  Great Outdoors Publishing, St. Petersburg, FL.



Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2021. Atlas of Florida Plants (http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/).  Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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