#NPOD: Tall Ironweed #Nativeplants

Native Plant of the Day 08/27/2012.  In 2012, the Ironweed started blooming the last week of July.

Photo from Oct 3, 2009.  Location: Walker County, GA

Tall Ironweed - for more information go to the Vernonia gigantea detail page.

Tall Ironweed, Giant Ironweed, Ironweed – Vernonia gigantea

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Ironweed – Fall Version #Wildflowers

I think Tall Ironweed may be as beautiful in it’s fall garb as it is in summer. 

Tall Ironweed - Vernonia gigantea

Another Ironweed #Butterfly

Another of the butterflies cavorting among the Giant Ironweed plants in north Georgia exactly a month ago.

Coming in for a landing!

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Safe!

Butterfly on Ironweed

Our bird bath has been frozen over two mornings in a row now.  No butterflies today.  A month ago this butterfly was among dozens dancing among the ironweed in the warm sunshine in northern Georgia.

Butterfly on Ironweed

A Foggy Saturday Morning

As I drive into work in the morning, I pass a field which frequently has a mist hovering over it. This fall the field has been filled with Goldenrod. Every foggy morning I’d wish that I could be headed into that field instead of headed into the office. A couple of Saturdays ago there was a bit of fog in the morning air and I had no other commitments, so I headed for that field before sunrise.  Here are 8 of my favorite photos from that Foggy Saturday Morning. (Click on photos for larger version.)

Webstrewn Goldenrod

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Extra: Get a Grip

An extra for today: Bumblebee, dew, and Tall Ironweed – Vernonia gigantea.

Bumblebee Leg in Tall Ironweed

Tall Ironweed – Vernonia gigantea – Added to USWildflowers Database

Tall Ironweed, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (08/17/2010.)  Scientific name is Vernonia gigantea.  This plant also is known by the common names Giant Ironweed, Ironweed.  Photo below was taken in Walker County, Ga on Oct 3, 2009.

Tall Ironweed - Vernonia gigantea