Plants in the Genus Vernonia

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Vernonia is a genus of about 1,000 species of annuals, perennials, shrubs, subshrubs, climbers, and trees from tropical and subtropical regions from a wide range of habitats including moist meadows to dry woodland, primarily in South America but also found in Africa, Asia, Australia, and North America with upright stems and flat clusters of tubular flowers.

Click on any of the 6 plants listed below in the genus Vernonia to read more about that plant, or go back to the genus a-z.

Vernonia angustifolia (Tall ironweed)
Vernonia arkansana (Arkansas ironweed)
Vernonia arkansana 'Mammuth' (Arkansas ironweed 'Mammuth')
Vernonia fasciculata (Prairie ironweed)
Vernonia gigantea (Giant ironweed)
Vernonia noveboracensis (New York flat tops)