New York ironweed

Common names

Synonyms

• Aster giganteus Hort. ex Vilm.
• Behen noveboracense (L.) Hill
• Behen praealtum Hill
• Cacalia noveboracensis (L.) Kuntze
• Chrysocoma noveboracensis Desf.
• Chrysocoma tomentosa Walter
• Serratula caroliniana Mill.
• Serratula noveboracensis L.
• Serratula praealta L.
• Vernonia gigantea var. praealta Daniels
• Vernonia harperi Gleason
• Vernonia noveboracensis f. noveboracensis
• Vernonia noveboracensis var. noveboracensis
• Vernonia noveboracensis var. praealta Alph.Wood
• Vernonia noveboracensis var. tomentosa (Walt.) Port. & Elliot
• Vernonia praealta Michx.
• Vernonia praealta var. praealta
• Vernonia rugeliana Shuttlew. ex A.Gray
• Vernonia tomentosa (Walt.) Elliot
• Vernonia tomentosa Elliott

Flowers

Flower colour

purple (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit

Forb/herb

Lifespan

Perennial

In the US and Canada

Lower 48 states: native

Photos

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