Tall Ironweed

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



Back of a moist wildflower garden. Can also use on the edges of natural or created wetlands and streams.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray.

Exposed sand and gravel bars of streams during low water, stream banks, hydric to wet mesic pine flatwoods. Rich soils. Ruderal.

• Showy flowers
• Nectar attracts butterflies and native beens. 
• Larval host for spring azure butterfly.