Minnesota Seasons - prairie ironweed


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Vernonia fasciculata

Taxonomy	Family:	Asteraceae (aster)
	Subfamily:	Cichorioideae
	Tribe:	Vernonieae (ironweed)
	Subtribe:	Vernoniinae
Subordinate Taxa	prairie ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata ssp. fasciculata) western ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata ssp. corymbosa)

Identification	See the subspecies for identifying information.

Range			Sources: 2, 3, 5, 7.

Sightings	Afton State Park Charles A. Lindbergh State Park Chippewa Prairie Clinton Prairie SNA Crow Wing State Park Elm Creek Park Reserve Lake Rebecca Park Reserve Lost Valley Prairie SNA Louisville Swamp			Myre-Big Island State Park Nelson Wildlife Sanctuary Ottertail Prairie SNA Schaefer Prairie Wahpeton Prairie WMA Wild River State Park

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ssp. fasciculata

Synonyms

Common Names	bunched ironweed common ironweed ironweed prairie ironweed smooth ironweed western ironweed