OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Eupatorium glaucescens   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eupatorium glaucescens   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Eupatorium linearifolium

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Eupatorium linearifolium

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 21 (2006)

Eupatorium linearifolium

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Eupatorium glaucescens

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-010:

Eupatorium cuneifolium   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Eupatorium cuneifolium

 

COMMON NAME:
Wedgeleaf Thoroughwort, Broadleaf Bushy Eupatorium, Wedgeleaf Eupatorium


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image of Eupatorium glaucescens, Wedgeleaf Thoroughwort, Broadleaf Bushy Eupatorium, Wedgeleaf Eupatorium

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmeglaucesce_echawswale

October    Berkeley County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

Involucres cylindric, 5-flowered; bracts acute, apices and margins white, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Eupatorium glaucescens, Wedgeleaf Thoroughwort, Broadleaf Bushy Eupatorium, Wedgeleaf Eupatorium

Patrick D. McMillan    pdme_glaucescens_cabin1b

Month Unknown    Clarendon County    SC

Leaves broadly oblanceolate, 5-15mm wide, crenate or serrate in upper half, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Eupatorium glaucescens, Wedgeleaf Thoroughwort, Broadleaf Bushy Eupatorium, Wedgeleaf Eupatorium

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmeglaucescens_cabin1

Month Unknown    Clarendon County    SC

The name E. cuneifolium must be rejected on nomenclatural grounds, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

image of Eupatorium glaucescens, Wedgeleaf Thoroughwort, Broadleaf Bushy Eupatorium, Wedgeleaf Eupatorium

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmeglaucescens_cabin2

Month Unknown    Clarendon County    SC

Corymb 1-4dm broad, the branches densely pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Eupatorium glaucescens   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eupatorium glaucescens   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eupatorium linearifolium

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Eupatorium linearifolium

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 21
Eupatorium linearifolium

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Eupatorium glaucescens

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-010:
Eupatorium cuneifolium   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eupatorium cuneifolium

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2443

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry sandy woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, rare in GA

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Petioles mostly obscured by decurrent blade

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Lustrous black
Achene

 

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