ironweed
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ironweed
Example Sentences
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When I arrived, the meadow burned purple with ironweed.
From Salon ● Nov. 24, 2022
They grow assorted milkweeds, asters, elderberry, mountain mint, joe-pye weed, goldenrods, white snakeroot and ironweed.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2021
They will use the sun to figure out the direction, and they will fill up on nectar from aster, ironweed and daisy flowers.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 21, 2021
These plants were the top species magnets: black willow, a goldenrod named Euthamia graminifolia, Virginia bluebell and New York ironweed.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2021
The aster and goldenrod, the dried ironweed and sumach, the red rose hips and magenta pokeberry stalks looked dead enough now, dead and dreary upon the weary, weary road.
From The Long Roll by Johnston, Mary
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