Species Vernonia erinacea
Pictures from Observations
There aren’t any identifications of Vernonia erinacea.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Vernonia:
For William Vernon (1666–1711), English botanist and bryologist, fellow of St Peter’s College, Cambridge, graduating with a BA (1688) and MA (1692); a Fellow of the Royal Society, who collected plants in Maryland, Virginia, North America, in 1696 with the English Reverend Hugh Jones (1671–1702) (a replacement for John Banister, who was accidently shot dead while collecting plants in 1692) and Dr David Krieg (1669–1710), German surgeon and botanist, a correspondent of Petiver. All together they collected more than 650 plants from Maryland.
Etymology of erinacea:
From Latin erinacea, a spiny hedgehog.. Based on the appearance of the plant.
Scientific name:
Vernonia erinacea Wild
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
Kirkia 11(1): 2 (1978)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1978
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Vernonia erinacea.