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Vernonia brazzavillensis

Vernonia brazzavillensis is a perennial tree-like plant in the daisy family, native to western tropical Africa (Republic of the Congo and DR Congo). It is rarely grown in cultivation, so care guidance is based on general knowledge of Vernonia species in wet tropical climates.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during the growing season and reduce watering in cooler months.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile, humus-rich soil.
Temperature
18 to 30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
WC. Trop. Africa
Climate
wet tropical

About

Vernonia brazzavillensis is a species of perennial plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to The Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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 brazzavillensis 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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