ironweed
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ironweed
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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
He sank deeper amid the ironweed, forgot his errand, and began to dream.
From Lewis Rand by Mary Johnston
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