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Ironweed (Veronia balchvini Torr.). 



Description. — A roughish, pubescent, perennial 3-5 ft. tall; 

 leaves lance-oblong or ovate, denticulate; heads in open, cymose 

 clusters, about 25-nowered ; involucre hairy-tomentose ; bracts 

 squarrose, purplish or greenish; involucre acuminate. 



Distribution. — Common from Maine to Missouri and southward. 

 It is found in central Iowa, from Webster county southward and 

 along Missouri river to Council Bluffs. 



Extermination. — Frequently a troublesome weed. Usually not 

 difficult to exterminate in cultivated fields. 



Fig. 177. Ironweed (Vernonia baldwini) . Common in low pastures. Flowers 



in heads. 

 (Photographed by Colburn.) 



