| Name | Vernonia purpurata Gleason |
| Authorship | Gleason |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | Unknown |
| Placed in | Vernonia Schreber |
| Holdings | 1 Specimen held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Vernonia purpurata Gleason |
| Identification made in | 1977 (1) |