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
- 2–4 ft
- Spacing
- 1.5–3 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- neutral, acidic
- Bloom
- July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- purple
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, larval host
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing, rain garden
- Native states
- CO, IA, IL, IN, KS, MA, MI, MN, MO, MS, ND, NE, NY, OH, OK, SD, WI
Related native plants
More Vernonia species
- Western Ironweed (Vernonia baldwinii)
- Giant Ironweed (Vernonia gigantea)
- New York Ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis)
- Woolly Ironweed (Vernonia lindheimeri)
- Tall Ironweed (Vernonia angustifolia)
- Threadleaf Ironweed (Vernonia lettermannii)