Western Ironweed Size:1 Gallon linen covered with gold foil

linen covered with gold foil and patterned details

its life cycle concludes

and its buds and flowers bloom in a refreshing white shade

and matches

Its flowering stalks emerge in late summer and gracefully mature in autumn to reveal soft

Western Ironweed Size:1 Gallon linen covered with gold foilVernonia baldwinii Common names include Baldwin's Ironweed, Ironweed Western Ironweed is common to many drier areas in the Great Plains. It features showy magenta purple flowers in loose clusters which grow at the top of stems up to 5' tall. After the flowers fade, they are replaced by rusty colored seed heads. Its rough, serrated, lance shaped leaves usually reach 4" 7". It gets its "ironweed" name from the color of its seedheads, as well as the from