Vernonia missurica Raf.
Joe Pye weed, Missouri ironweed
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Vernonia aborigina Gleason
8/27/2014 · Rio Grande Nature Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico · ≈ 10 × 7″ (25 × 16 cm) 
8/27/2014 · Rio Grande Nature Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico · ≈ 7 × 6″ (18 × 15 cm) 
8/27/2014 · Rio Grande Nature Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico · ≈ 12 × 8″ (31 × 21 cm) 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Asteridae | A large class that encompasses asters |
| Order | Asterales | Flowering plants with a central disk flower and surrounding petals, like daisies |
| Family | Asteraceae | The aster family, which also includes daisies and sunflowers; from the Greek ἀστήρ, “star,” for the star-shaped flowers |
| Genus | Vernonia | Named for the English botanist William Vernon, d. 1711 |
| Species | missurica | Of or belonging to Missouri |
Vernonia missurica description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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