Western Iron Weed; Western Ironweed
Vernonia baldwinii subsp. baldwinii
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Native status unresolved in Louisiana. How scores work Is it native here?
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At a glance
Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom
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County records are not available.
Ecological relationships
Who uses this plant?
20CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including LA
Genus host records with ranges including LA · Vernonia
- Anavitrinella pampinariaCommon Gray, Cranberry Spanworm
- Apantesis partheniceParthenice Tiger Moth
- Archips rileyanaSouthern Ugly-Nest Caterpillar Moth
- Carmenta bassiformisEupatorium Borer Moth, Ironweed Clearwing Moth
- Chlorochlamys chloroleucariaBlackberry Looper Moth
- Dichomeris setosellaHairy Dichomeris
- Estigmene acreaSalt Marsh Moth, Acrea Moth
- Eupithecia miserulataCommon Eupithacia, Common Pug
- Hellinsia paleaceusOne-Spotted Plume Moth
- Papaipema baptisiaeWild Indigo Borer, Indigo Stem Borer
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- Perigea xanthioidesRed Groundling
- Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple-Bud Moth
- Pleuroprucha insulsariaCommon Tan Wave
- Polygrammodes flavidalisIronweed Root Moth, Vernonia Root-Borer
- Spodoptera ornithogalliYellow-Striped Armyworm Moth, Cotton Cutworm
- Synchlora frondariaSouthern Emerald
- Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformisEvergreen Bagworm Moth
- Vanessa virginiensisAmerican Lady, American Painted Lady
- Paralobesia vernoniana
- Thyraylia bunteana
—BeesSoutheastern regional records
9Specialist beesPollen specialists
Pollen specialists · Vernonia
- Andrena placata
- Melissodes denticulatus
- Melissodes druriellus
- Melissodes microstictus
- Melissodes niveus
- Melissodes subillatus
- Melissodes trinodis
- Melissodes vernoniae
- Perdita octomaculata
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claimGrowing and identification
Plant details
- Family
- Asteraceae
What its natural habitat tells you
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Also known as
Vernonia baldwinii subsp. baldwinii
Conservation status
| Louisiana rank | SNR |
|---|---|
| Global rank | Not available |
| LA status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
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Sources
- Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025)
- Louisiana occurrence source
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications