New York Ironweed

The genus name honors the English botanist William Vernon, who did fieldwork in North America.



Moist wildflower garden. Also useful to naturalize along the edges of ponds, wetlands, and streams.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray.

Hydric to moist savannas, openings along streams, wet pastures, floodplains, bluffs, bay swamps.

• Showy flowers
• Nectar attracts native bees and butterflies. 
• Larval host for Spring azure.