300 BLUE AND PURPLE 



IRONWEED: Flat Top. 



Vernonia noveboracensis. 

 Composite Family. July — Sept. 



Found in moist soil, meadows. Massachusetts 

 to Virginia and Mississippi; usually near the 

 coast. 

 Flower-heads — Reddish purple, the brownish 

 purple scales bristle tipped, in broad, 

 flat clusters terminating stem 3-9 

 feet high. 

 Leaves — Long lance-shaped, toothed. 



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