Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Eupatorium linearifolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Formerly lumped within E. cuneifolium (see E. glaucescens), but Narrowleaf Bushy Thoroughwort's leaves are half as wide and are essentially without teeth. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
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 hyssopifolium var. linearifolium
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 tortifolium
COMMON NAME:
Narrowleaf Bushy Thoroughwort, Twisted Eupatorium, Narrowleaf Bushy Eupatorium
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Alan S. Weakley asw_216424634435243
May Cumberland County NC
Carvers Creek State Park
Leaves narrowly oblanceolate, 3-8mm wide, entire or remotely serrate apically, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Eupatorium linearifolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
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 hyssopifolium var. linearifolium
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 tortifolium
4792
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Petioles mostly obscured by decurrent blade
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Cream
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Lustrous black
Achene
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