Common Ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata)

Species Spotlight

Common Ironweed: Common Ironweed Flower Opening

Dates Photographed by Month

Feb.
2/22/23

March
3/1/22
3/11/21
3/21/20

July
7/12/20
7/17/20
7/18/23
7/20/23
7/25/22
7/27/23

Aug.
8/3/23
8/9/20
8/14/20
8/18/20
8/18/23

Dec.
12/28/21

Photographed With These Species

Birds

Common Redpoll [View Associated Images]
Dark-eyed Junco [View Associated Images]
Ruby-throated Hummingbird [View Associated Images]

Butterflies and Moths

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail [View Associated Images]
Monarch [View Associated Images]
Orange Sulphur [View Associated Images]

Forbs

Culver's Root [View Associated Images]
Cup Plant [View Associated Images]

Shoot and Bloom Dates

Year	First Shoot Date	First Bloom Date	Last Bloom Date
2024		7/10
2023	4/9	7/20	9/20
2020	3/21	7/12	9/15

Plant Info

Bloom Color: ■
Light: Part Shade to Full Sun
Moisture: Medium to Somewhat Wet
Height: 4'-6'
Spacing: 1.5'-2'

Posts Featuring Common Ironweed

Common Ironweed Image Gallery

Orange Sulphur

Visiting Ironweed

Location: Crabtree Nature Center
Shot Date: Aug. 18, 2023, 2:10 p.m.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Visiting Ironweed

Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: Aug. 3, 2023, 5:11 p.m.

Common Ironweed

Blooming at the pond

Location: Ruth Macintyre Conservation Area
Shot Date: July 18, 2023, 11:23 a.m.

Common Ironweed and Cup Plant

At the pond

Location: Ruth Macintyre Conservation Area
Shot Date: July 18, 2023, 11:22 a.m.

Prairie Plants

At Campanelli Park

Location: Campanelli Park
Shot Date: July 20, 2023, 10:33 a.m.

Monarch

Visiting Common Ironweed

Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: July 27, 2023, 2:38 p.m.

Common Ironweed

In an ice storm

Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: Feb. 22, 2023, 2:18 p.m.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Visiting Common Ironweed

Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: July 25, 2022, 4:52 p.m.

Common Redpoll

Eating the seeds of Common Ironweed

Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: March 1, 2022, 2:07 p.m.

Common Redpoll

Eating the seeds of Common Ironweed

Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: March 1, 2022, 2:06 p.m.

Common Redpoll

Eating the seeds of Common Ironweed

Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: March 1, 2022, 2:06 p.m.

Dark-eyed Junco

Eating seeds from Common Ironweed

Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: Dec. 28, 2021, 4:55 p.m.

Dark-eyed Junco

Eating seeds from Common Ironweed

Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: Dec. 28, 2021, 4:57 p.m.

Dark-eyed Junco

Eating seeds from Common Ironweed

Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: Dec. 28, 2021, 4:56 p.m.

Dark-eyed Junco

Eating seeds from Common Ironweed

Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: Dec. 28, 2021, 4:54 p.m.

Dark-eyed Junco

Eating seeds from Common Ironweed

Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: Dec. 28, 2021, 4:54 p.m.

Dark-eyed Junco

Eating seeds from Common Ironweed

Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: Dec. 28, 2021, 4:54 p.m.

Common Ironweed

First Shoots of 2021

Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: March 11, 2021, 3:20 p.m.

Common Ironweed

New shoots emerging in spring

Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: March 21, 2020, 4:26 p.m.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Immature male nectaring at Common Ironweed

Location: Backyard and Home
Shot Date: Aug. 18, 2020, 2:18 p.m.