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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eupatorium sessilifolium var. brittonianum   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eupatorium sessilifolium var. brittonianum   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Eupatorium sessilifolium

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-017a?:

Eupatorium sessilifolium var. sessilifolium   FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

Eupatorium sessilifolium

 

COMMON NAME:
Britton's Upland Boneset, Britton's Eupatorium


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image of Eupatorium sessilifolium var. brittonianum, Britton's Upland Boneset, Britton's Eupatorium

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_euse3_001_lvd

        

image of Eupatorium sessilifolium var. brittonianum, Britton's Upland Boneset, Britton's Eupatorium

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmesessilifoliumbri_wm1

Month Unknown    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

Heads small, densely clustered in a flat-topped corymb, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Eupatorium sessilifolium var. brittonianum, Britton's Upland Boneset, Britton's Eupatorium

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmesessilifoliumbri_wm2

Month Unknown    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

Leaves broadest near the base, subcoriaceoous, averaging 3x long as wide, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eupatorium sessilifolium var. brittonianum   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eupatorium sessilifolium var. brittonianum   FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Eupatorium sessilifolium

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-017a?:
Eupatorium sessilifolium var. sessilifolium   FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2446

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Circumneutral soils of woodlands at moderate elevations, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Usually opposite, upper sometimes alternate
Leaves sessile

FLOWER:
Summer
Disc: White
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Lustrous black
Achene

 

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