Asteraceae
Prairie ironweed
Vernonia fasciculata
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Vernonia
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Prairie ironweed, Fascicled ironweed
- German
- Büschelige Scheinaster
Synonyms
- Cacalia fasciculata (Michx.) Kuntze
- Vernonia corymbosa Schwein.
- Vernonia fasciculata subsp. corymbosa (Schwein.) S.B.Jones
- Vernonia fasciculata subsp. fasciculata
- Vernonia fasciculata var. corymbosa (Schwein.) B.G.Schub.
- Vernonia fasciculata var. corymbosa (Daniels)
- Vernonia fasciculata var. fasciculata
- Vernonia fasciculata var. nebraskensis Gleason
- Vernonia schweinitzii Steud.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Doronenko, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.