Asteraceae
Missouri ironweed
Vernonia missurica
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Vernonia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Missouri ironweed
Synonyms
- Vernonia aborigina Gleason
- Vernonia drummondii Shuttlew. ex Werner
- Vernonia michiganensis Daniels
- Vernonia missurica f. missurica
- Vernonia missurica var. missurica
- Vernonia reedii Daniels
Flowers
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: KatieLMiller, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Omar hoftun, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Kees, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joseph McPhail, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Sorrells, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nate Martineau, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Elaine Wolshock/Matthew Fook, CC BY 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.