Herbarium Specimen Details

Vernonia gigantea
Herbarium Northern Kentucky University, John W. Thieret Herbarium (KNK) Herbarium logo
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Family Name Asteraceae
Currently Accepted Name Vernonia gigantea Trel., Branner & Coville
Herbarium Name Used Vernonia gigantea
Locality United States. Kentucky, Harrison: 10.3 miles NE of Cynthiana; Roadside clearing
Description Flowers red-violet, most of the ironweeds here were past flowering, but this one plant came from a previously truncated individual.
Habitat LOCATION NOTES: Ca. 10.3 air miles NE of Cynthiana. HABITAT NOTES: Roadside clearing, weedy.
Reproductive State
Specimen Notes
Collector Thieret, John 53446
with Baird, John
Collection Date
Accession Number 31973000006126
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