Flower for the Day 8-6-2020 Ironweed

Walking by the wildflower garden I sensed a field of purple.  It is ironweed (Vernon fasciculata) which is a 

perennial with an "iron" strong stem. The purple flowers do not las t long.

I have tried to transplant it but it never lasted. 

Ironweed

By Robert Morgan

There is a shade of purple in
this flower near summer's end that makes
you proud to be alive in such
a world, and thrilled to know the gift
of sight. It seems a color sent
from memory or dream. In fields,
along old trails, at pasture edge,
the ironweed bares its vivid tint,
profoundest violet, a note
from farthest star and deepest time,
the glow of sacred royalty
and timbre of eternity
right here beside a dried-up stream.

Atlantic Monthly June 2010