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Vernonia bontocensis

Vernonia bontocensis is a perennial daisy-family plant endemic to the Philippines, known mainly from its native range in Luzon. It is rarely grown in gardens, so care guidance is limited and mostly based on general knowledge of related Vernonia species.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly during the growing season and let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile loam or a general garden mix.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Philippines (Luzon)

About

Vernonia bontocensis is a species of perennial plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to the Philippines.

Other Vernonia plants

Stemless ironweed · Vernonia actaea · Vernonia alleizettei · Vernonia amoena · Vernonia ampandrandavensis · Vernonia anandrioides · Vernonia andapensis · Tall ironweed · Vernonia aosteana · Arkansas ironweed · Baldwin's ironweed · Vernonia beddomei

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vernonia bontocensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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