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ironweed
[ ahy-ern-weed ]
noun
- any of certain North American composite plants of the genus Vernonia, having tubular, chiefly purple or red disk flowers.
Example Sentences
When I arrived, the meadow burned purple with ironweed.
They grow assorted milkweeds, asters, elderberry, mountain mint, joe-pye weed, goldenrods, white snakeroot and ironweed.
They will use the sun to figure out the direction, and they will fill up on nectar from aster, ironweed and daisy flowers.
Walking into the middle of the prairie, with cup plants, compass plants and ironweed around her, Chambers declared it to be her favorite spot.
So far at Chief Logan, Cole has created 2 1/4 acres of pollinator habitat by planting three varieties of milkweed, several species of clover, ironweed, wingstem, columbine, joe pye weed and two-leaved toothwort.
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