Louisiana State University, Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium (LSU:Vascular Plants)
LSU00013178
3ab84cdc-27a5-11e3-8d47-005056be0003
25142
Vernonia gigantea Trel. ex Branner & Coville
Asteraceae
Lowell E. Urbatsch (2011)
giant ironweed
Glen N. Montz
2469
1972-09-07
1972-9-7
United States, Louisiana, Pointe Coupee, Morganza Spillway; Morganza Floodway, approx. 5 miles N of Hwy. 190, along Texas & Pacific eailroad W of Fordoche, Louisiana.
Scattered plants with Andropogon glomeratus and Paspalum dilatatum. Plants about 4-5 ft. tall with purple-brown bracts and corollas.