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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Brickellia eupatorioides   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Brickellia eupatorioides var. eupatorioides   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-33-001:

Kuhnia eupatorioides   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Kuhnia eupatorioides

 

COMMON NAME:
Eastern False-boneset, Eastern False-eupatorium, Eastern Kuhnia


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image of Brickellia eupatorioides, Eastern False-boneset, Eastern False-eupatorium, Eastern Kuhnia

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_kueu_001_lvd

        

image of Brickellia eupatorioides, Eastern False-boneset, Eastern False-eupatorium, Eastern Kuhnia

JK Marlow    jkm060928_019b

September    York County    SC

Utility right-of-way

Flower heads narrow and cylindric; flowers cream, not white as in Eupatorium, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Brickellia eupatorioides, Eastern False-boneset, Eastern False-eupatorium, Eastern Kuhnia

Keith Bradley    kab_b_eupatorioides_3840

September    Lancaster County    SC

Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve

Unlike Eupatorium, its inflorescence is not flat-topped, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Brickellia eupatorioides, Eastern False-boneset, Eastern False-eupatorium, Eastern Kuhnia

JK Marlow    s060928_c

September    York County    SC

Utility right-of-way

Leaves linear or lanceolate, toothed or not, & (unlike Eupatorium) alternate, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Brickellia eupatorioides, Eastern False-boneset, Eastern False-eupatorium, Eastern Kuhnia

JK Marlow    s060928_c2

September    York County    SC

Utility right-of-way

Flower heads grow from tips of stem and short branches, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Brickellia eupatorioides   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Brickellia eupatorioides var. eupatorioides   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-33-001:
Kuhnia eupatorioides   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Kuhnia eupatorioides

 

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1886

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Dry slopes, longleaf pine sandhills (especially in loamy sites), shale barrens, dry woodlands, thickets, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Mountains & NC Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Leaves more or less sessile

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Cream
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blackish
Achene

 

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