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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Eupatorium perfoliatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eupatorium perfoliatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Eupatorium perfoliatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Eupatorium perfoliatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-018:
Eupatorium perfoliatum FAMILY Asteraceae__
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eupatorium chapmanii
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eupatorium cuneatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum
COMMON NAME:
Boneset
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USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969 mpa_page_119
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_eupe3_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_eupe3_005_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm210426_9791
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210610_1240
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm090815_186
August Greenville County SC
Beaverpond & adjacent land
Leaf bases fused, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm090815_191
August Greenville County SC
Beaverpond & adjacent land
Stem shaggy-hairy, leaf bases united around it (connate-perfoliate), per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm090815_211
August Greenville County SC
Beaverpond & adjacent land
Leaves hairy, lanceolate, opposite, prominently reticulate, and perfoliate, per Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm090815_213
August Greenville County SC
Beaverpond & adjacent land
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JK Marlow jkm090815_213b
August Greenville County SC
Beaverpond & adjacent land
Flower heads, about 0.2" high, have 9-23 dull-white disk flowers, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm140816_769
August Jackson County NC
High Hampton Inn
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JK Marlow jkm150808_645
August Watauga County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway, Moses Cone Park
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_e_perfoliatum_2
August
Long-tapering wrinkled lanceolate leaves with connate bases, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm070903_032
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Heads in a flat-topped corymb with opposite, soft-hairy branches, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm070903_043
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Pollinator at work.
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JK Marlow jkm180919_4816
September Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm180919_4817
September Spartanburg County SC
Pollinator at work.
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JK Marlow jkm180919_4818
September Spartanburg County SC
Pappus whitish, 2.5-3mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm210907_3546
September Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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Steve Marlow snm097109_19
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Pollinator at work.
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JK Marlow jkm0310h_31
October Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm091003_051
October Greenville County SC
Beaverpond & adjacent land
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JK Marlow jkm201015_7771
October Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Eupatorium perfoliatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eupatorium perfoliatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Eupatorium perfoliatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Eupatorium perfoliatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-018:
Eupatorium perfoliatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eupatorium chapmanii
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eupatorium cuneatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum
552
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: marshes, swamps, bogs, wet pastures, and other wet habitats, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaf bases fused (leaves connate)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: White
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Lustrous black
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p157
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p129
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p404
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p552
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p434
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p192
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p216
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p106
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p258
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p079
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p296
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p344
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p181
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