Characteristics
Dicots
Vernonia gigantea (Walter)Trel. ex Branner & Coville
GIANT IRONWEED
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Native
FAC (NWPL)
FACW (DEP)
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Classification
Citation
VERNONIA GIGANTEA (Walter) Trelease ex Branner & Coville, Rep. (Annual) Geol. Surv. Arkansas 1888(4): 189. 1891.
Chrysocoma gigantea Walter 1788.
SOUTH CAROLINA: Jasper Co.: Savannah River swamp along Hwy 27-34 W of Hardeeville, 1967, Bozeman & Radford 11593 (neotype: FLAS; isoneotypes: COLO, IND, NY, OKLA, TENN, WVA). Neotypified by Urbatsch, Brittonia 24: 236. 1972; D. B. Ward, J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 412. 2007.
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