Vernonia noveboracensis (New York Ironweed)

• grows 4-8 ft. tall (be prepared!)

• handles full sun to part shade

• prefers medium to wet soil

• purple flowers from July to October

• highly valuable pollinator plant! Stunning in pollinator meadows

• natural habitat: floodplain forest, alluvial swamp, riverbanks, riverside prairies, fens, wet meadows, low fields, clearings, and pastures. Found throughout Virginia

*host plant for Estigmene acrea, Grammia parthenice, Lophocampa maculata, Phragmatobia fuliginosa, Papaipema cerussata, Perigea xanthioides, Spodoptera ornithogalli, Speyeria diana, Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis, Hellinsia paleaceus, Carmenta bassiformis, Endopiza vernoniana, Platynota idaeusalis