Vernonia noveboracensis (New York Ironweed)
grows 4-8 ft. tall (be prepared!)
handles full sun to part shade
prefers medium to wet soil
purple flowers from July to October
highly valuable pollinator plant! Stunning in pollinator meadows
natural habitat: floodplain forest, alluvial swamp, riverbanks, riverside prairies, fens, wet meadows, low fields, clearings, and pastures. Found throughout Virginia
*host plant for Estigmene acrea, Grammia parthenice, Lophocampa maculata, Phragmatobia fuliginosa, Papaipema cerussata, Perigea xanthioides, Spodoptera ornithogalli, Speyeria diana, Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis, Hellinsia paleaceus, Carmenta bassiformis, Endopiza vernoniana, Platynota idaeusalis
grows 4-8 ft. tall (be prepared!)
handles full sun to part shade
prefers medium to wet soil
purple flowers from July to October
highly valuable pollinator plant! Stunning in pollinator meadows
natural habitat: floodplain forest, alluvial swamp, riverbanks, riverside prairies, fens, wet meadows, low fields, clearings, and pastures. Found throughout Virginia
*host plant for Estigmene acrea, Grammia parthenice, Lophocampa maculata, Phragmatobia fuliginosa, Papaipema cerussata, Perigea xanthioides, Spodoptera ornithogalli, Speyeria diana, Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis, Hellinsia paleaceus, Carmenta bassiformis, Endopiza vernoniana, Platynota idaeusalis
grows 4-8 ft. tall (be prepared!)
handles full sun to part shade
prefers medium to wet soil
purple flowers from July to October
highly valuable pollinator plant! Stunning in pollinator meadows
natural habitat: floodplain forest, alluvial swamp, riverbanks, riverside prairies, fens, wet meadows, low fields, clearings, and pastures. Found throughout Virginia
*host plant for Estigmene acrea, Grammia parthenice, Lophocampa maculata, Phragmatobia fuliginosa, Papaipema cerussata, Perigea xanthioides, Spodoptera ornithogalli, Speyeria diana, Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis, Hellinsia paleaceus, Carmenta bassiformis, Endopiza vernoniana, Platynota idaeusalis
