Prairie Ironweed
Vernonia fasciculata
Prairie ironweed crowns wet prairies and swales with flat clusters of intense red-purple flowers, a bold, deer-resistant late-summer nectar plant for moist, sunny ground.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–5 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- neutral, acidic
- Bloom
- July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, songbirds
- Landscape uses
- border, rain garden
- Native states
- IA, IL, IN, KS, MN, MO, NE, OH, SD, WI