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Vernonia lettermannii |
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| Common name |
ironweed |
| Family |
asteraceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z4-9) |
| Flowers |
purple (August-September) |
| Size |
24" |
| Light |
sun |
| Cultural notes |
drought-tolerant |
Wildflower from the central United States. Unlike other more upright ironweeds I've grown, this one grows into a rounded mound of thread-leaved foliage, which is covered in purple flowers in late summer.
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. About my plant portraits
PlantLinks to other web pages about Vernonia lettermannii
- -2008 Several attempts to grow from traded and society exchange seeds, with various lengths of cold treatment. Not a single seedling
- Seed from '12 gardener gift. Baggy 35F (12w) - 70F (26%G, 4-10d).
Baggy 70F (3w) - 35F (11w) - 70F (3%G, 4d)
Fresh seed and a lengthy cold treatment appears to be required for seed to germinate.
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