Verbesina alternifolia

wingstem, yellow ironweed

Photograph(s) by*: RHW

Characteristics

Height: 3.5-8'
Flowers: Aug.-Oct.; yellow
Fruit: capsule

Conditions *

Light:
Moisture: Moist
Soil pH:
Soil type:

Habitat

moist wooded slopes and open woodlands, riverbanks, shaded lowlands, roadsides, fields

Native to

Region: Coastal Piedmont Mountain *
States:

Wildlife

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Notes

threatened in NY

 Publication by USFWS BayScapes Conservation Landscaping Program
http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/chesapeake/plant/2036.htm
Last updated: 1 October 2004