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Vernonia angustifolia ssp. angustifolia

Vernonia angustifolia Michx. ssp. angustifolia

Tall Ironweed

Asteraceae (Aster Family)

USDA Symbol: VEANA

Vernonia angustifolia var. angustifolia (Tall ironweed) #66111

Image Information

Photographer: Stuart, Will
City: Hoffman
County: Richmond
State: NC
Location Notes: North Carolina Sandhills Game Lands, Block A
Accession date: 2018-12-13
Filename: WCS_IMG0234.JPG
Slide Index: Vernonia_angustifolia_20160910_0505
Restrictions: Unrestricted
Collection: Wildflower Center Digital Library
Original Format: Digital
Orientation: Landscape
Shot: Close-up of a capitulescence with a nectaring adult Spicebush Swallowtail, Papilio troilus. Photograher's note: "This species blooms from late June into September, often depending on timing of controlled burns. Blossoming stems of Ironweed are very attractive to Spicebush Swallowtails and other sandhills butterflies."
Date Taken: 2016-09-10
NPIN Image Id: 66111

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This image has been verified.
By: Joseph A. Marcus
Date: 2018-12-13

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