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      Flora: Tall Ironweed

Tall Ironweed
Vernonia altissima

Tall Ironweed photo A summertime wildflower and member of the Composite family. Can grow six or more feet tall. These plants tend to accumulate in pastures because cattle find them distasteful. Photographed in central Indiana.