Vernonia noveboracensis is a herbaceous plant, or  vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground, with alternate, simple leaves, on stiff, greenish purple stems and has purple flowers borne in summer and fall.
Vernonia noveboracensis is a herbaceous plant, or  vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground, with alternate, simple leaves, on stiff, greenish purple stems and has purple flowers borne in summer and fall.