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Vernonia missurica
In Missouri, it typically occurs in moist open ground along streams, wooded swamps, low meadows, prairies, fields and waste places throughout most of the State except the western Ozarks and unglaciated prairie regions. Native Range: Southern central Canada to central southern United States. http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/g...
Spotted along an urban nature trail. (S. Creek Greenway Trail)