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 leucolepis   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eupatorium leucolepis var. leucolepis   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Eupatorium leucolepis

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

Eupatorium leucolepis var. leucolepis

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Eupatorium leucolepis var. leucolepis

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Eupatorium leucolepis

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-008:

Eupatorium leucolepis   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Eupatorium leucolepis var. leucolepis

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

Eupatorium leucolepis

 

COMMON NAME:
Savanna Eupatorium, Justiceweed, White-bracted Thoroughwort


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image of Eupatorium leucolepis, Savanna Eupatorium, Justiceweed, White-bracted Thoroughwort

JK Marlow    jkm161001_147

September    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

"Justiceweed" was used by SC's John Justice to treat snakebites in 1800s, per New York Natural Heritage Program.

image of Eupatorium leucolepis, Savanna Eupatorium, Justiceweed, White-bracted Thoroughwort

JK Marlow    jkm161001_148

October    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

"leucolepis" = white-scaled, referring to white-haired involucral bracts, per New York Natural Heritage Program.

image of Eupatorium leucolepis, Savanna Eupatorium, Justiceweed, White-bracted Thoroughwort

JK Marlow    jkm161001_834

September    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

A flat-topped cluster of tiny flower heads, each w long-pointed white bracts, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Eupatorium leucolepis, Savanna Eupatorium, Justiceweed, White-bracted Thoroughwort

JK Marlow    jkm161001_837

September    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

Leaves well-spaced, almost sessile, about 12mm wide, with toothed margins, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

 

 

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eupatorium leucolepis var. leucolepis   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eupatorium leucolepis

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Eupatorium leucolepis var. leucolepis

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Eupatorium leucolepis

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-008:
Eupatorium leucolepis   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Eupatorium leucolepis var. leucolepis

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

 

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2719

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: pine savannas, seepage bogs, depression ponds, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves more or less sessile

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Lustrous black
Achene

 

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