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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eupatorium serotinum   FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

Eupatorium serotinum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Eupatorium serotinum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-020:

Eupatorium serotinum   FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

Eupatorium serotinum

 

COMMON NAME:
Late-flowering Boneset, Late-flowering Thoroughwort, Late Eupatorium, Late Boneset


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image of Eupatorium serotinum, Late-flowering Boneset, Late-flowering Thoroughwort, Late Eupatorium, Late Boneset

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_euse2_001_lvd

        

image of Eupatorium serotinum, Late-flowering Boneset, Late-flowering Thoroughwort, Late Eupatorium, Late Boneset

JK Marlow    jkm100624_007

June    Greenville County    SC

Formerly coastal in our area, now spread inland along corridors of disturbance, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Eupatorium serotinum, Late-flowering Boneset, Late-flowering Thoroughwort, Late Eupatorium, Late Boneset

JK Marlow    jkm100624_008

June    Greenville County    SC

Leaf tips tapering, margins coarsely serrate, petioles 1-4cm, purplish, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Eupatorium serotinum, Late-flowering Boneset, Late-flowering Thoroughwort, Late Eupatorium, Late Boneset

JK Marlow    jkm100624_009

June    Greenville County    SC

Leaves palmately nerved, sparsely hairy, margins sharply serrate, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Eupatorium serotinum, Late-flowering Boneset, Late-flowering Thoroughwort, Late Eupatorium, Late Boneset

Keith Bradley    kab_e_serotinum_4006

August    Miami-Dade County    FL

image of Eupatorium serotinum, Late-flowering Boneset, Late-flowering Thoroughwort, Late Eupatorium, Late Boneset

Keith Bradley    kab_e_serotinum_4011

August    Miami-Dade County    FL

image of Eupatorium serotinum, Late-flowering Boneset, Late-flowering Thoroughwort, Late Eupatorium, Late Boneset

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_e_serotinum_5

September        

Inflorescence is flat-topped to rounded and gently spreading, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Eupatorium serotinum, Late-flowering Boneset, Late-flowering Thoroughwort, Late Eupatorium, Late Boneset

Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_090821hiawassee01

September    Towns County    GA

Hamilton Gardens

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eupatorium serotinum   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eupatorium serotinum   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Eupatorium serotinum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Eupatorium serotinum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-020:
Eupatorium serotinum   FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

 

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557

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Interdune swales, bottomland forests and openings, fields, open forests, powerline rights-of-way, tidal marshes, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Carolina Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Petioles 1-4cm long

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Lustrous black
Achene

 

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