Taxon: Vernonia gigantea (Walter) Trel. ex Branner & Coville

Common names:

• tall ironweed   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• hohe Scheinaster   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – German
  

Economic importance:

• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide N Amer fl ser. 2, 10:184. 1978)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Eastern Canada: Canada - Ontario [s.e.]
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas

References:

• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. [= V. altissima].
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 4:651.
• Jones, S. B. & W. Z. Faust. 1978. Vernonieae. In: Britton, N. L. et al., eds. ser. 1; C. T. Rogerson, ed. ser. 2, North American flora ser. 1, 1905-1957; ser. 2, 1954-1972 ser. 2, 10:183–184.
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. [= V. altissima Nutt.].
• Radford, A. E. et al., eds. 1980–. Vascular flora of the southeastern United States.
• Robinson, H. 1999. Generic and subtribal classification of American Vernonieae. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 89:94.
• Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri. [= V. altissima].

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Vernonia gigantea.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Vernonia gigantea.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Vernonia gigantea.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Chrysocoma gigantea Walter (basionym)
  
• (=) Vernonia altissima Nutt.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other web resources for Vernonia gigantea (Walter) Trel. ex Branner & Coville:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Fruits: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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