| Name | Vernonia flaccidifolia Small |
| Authorship | Small |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Vernonia Schreber |
| Citation | 1898 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25(3): 144 |
| Holdings | 5 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Vernonia flaccidifolia Small |
| Identification made in | [no date] (5) |