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Ironweed

Vernonia altissima

Description:

Pastures around here have a lot of these right now. Range from a foot to over 4 foot high. Clusters of hairy purple flowers.

Habitat:

Pasture

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Ironweed
Vernonia altissima


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2 Comments

smcrenshaw
smcrenshaw 11 years ago

Excellent. Thank you.

chesterbperry
chesterbperry 11 years ago

The bees love these flowers. It is another edible plant, that is an excellent blood purifier and can help lower blood pressure.

smcrenshaw
Spotted by
smcrenshaw

Kentucky, USA

Spotted on Sep 3, 2012
Submitted on Sep 4, 2012

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