| Name | Vernonia obtusa (Gleason) S. F. Blake |
| Authorship | (Gleason) S. F. Blake |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Vernonia Schreber |
| Contains | Vernonia obtusa subsp. parkeri S. B. Jones |
| Holdings | 1 Specimen held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Vernonia obtusa (Gleason) S. F. Blake |
| Identification made in | [no date] (1) |