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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eupatorium sessilifolium var. sessilifolium   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:
Upland Boneset, Sessile-leaf Eupatorium


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image of Eupatorium sessilifolium var. sessilifolium, Upland Boneset, Sessile-leaf Eupatorium

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

        

image of Eupatorium sessilifolium var. sessilifolium, Upland Boneset, Sessile-leaf Eupatorium

JK Marlow    jkm220715_9108

July    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

image of Eupatorium sessilifolium var. sessilifolium, Upland Boneset, Sessile-leaf Eupatorium

JK Marlow    jkm230720_4527

July    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

Involucres 5-flowered, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Eupatorium sessilifolium var. sessilifolium, Upland Boneset, Sessile-leaf Eupatorium

JK Marlow    jkm230720_4532

July    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

image of Eupatorium sessilifolium var. sessilifolium, Upland Boneset, Sessile-leaf Eupatorium

JK Marlow    jkm230720_4534

July    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

Involucres cylindric, 4-6mm long, 2-3mm wide; bracts acute to obtuse, apices and margins white, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Eupatorium sessilifolium var. sessilifolium, Upland Boneset, Sessile-leaf Eupatorium

JK Marlow    jkm0508e_06

August    Oconee County    SC

image of Eupatorium sessilifolium var. sessilifolium, Upland Boneset, Sessile-leaf Eupatorium

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_e_sessilifolium_3

August        

image of Eupatorium sessilifolium var. sessilifolium, Upland Boneset, Sessile-leaf Eupatorium

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_e_sessilifoliumses_13

August    Catawba County    NC

Stem hairy at the top but smooth below the inflorescence, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Eupatorium sessilifolium var. sessilifolium, Upland Boneset, Sessile-leaf Eupatorium

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_esessilifoliumses_26b

August    Catawba County    NC

Leaves rounded at the base, margin finely toothed, with 1 main vein, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Eupatorium sessilifolium var. sessilifolium, Upland Boneset, Sessile-leaf Eupatorium

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_e_sessilifoliumses_1

September    Catawba County    NC

Lvs generally broadest near base, membranaceous, averaging ~ 5x long as wide, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Eupatorium sessilifolium var. sessilifolium, Upland Boneset, Sessile-leaf Eupatorium

JK Marlow    jkm221108_0616

November    Greenville County    SC

image of Eupatorium sessilifolium var. sessilifolium, Upland Boneset, Sessile-leaf Eupatorium

JK Marlow    jkm221108_0624

November    Greenville County    SC

image of Eupatorium sessilifolium var. sessilifolium, Upland Boneset, Sessile-leaf Eupatorium

JK Marlow    jkm221108_0625

November    Greenville County    SC

image of Eupatorium sessilifolium var. sessilifolium, Upland Boneset, Sessile-leaf Eupatorium

JK Marlow    jkm221108_0627

November    Greenville County    SC

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eupatorium sessilifolium var. sessilifolium   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

 

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558

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Open upland woodlands and woodland borders, especially calcareous or mafic, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in GA Piedmont, rare in SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Usually opposite, upper sometimes alternate
Leaves sessile

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Lustrous black
Achene

 

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