ironweed

His “Albany cycle,” seven novels including “Ironweed,” for which he won the 1984 Pulitzer, are set there.

Ironweed of royal purple, maroon-shot, mingles in illogical harmony with the blue vervain and magenta trumpet-weeds.

The ironweed was in bloom, and sitting on its purple top the dryfly sang the song of midsummer.

The tree which bore such remarkable fruit was commonly an ironweed tree standing in a conspicuous situation.

As he knelt to fill the pail, the red haw and the purple ironweed met above his head.

Ironweed and joepye-weed are such lusty, vigorous plants, and burdock and jimson-weed.