Western Ironweed Size:1 Gallon The red-purple spotted blue-green leaves

The red-purple spotted blue-green leaves form a small rosette to 1' wide

During extreme drought conditions

but it's also a favorite among hummingbirds and butterflies

it prefers dry

it earns its name from the fluffy

Western Ironweed Size:1 Gallon The red-purple spotted blue-green leavesVernonia 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