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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eupatorium vaseyi
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Read more about Vasey's Thoroughwort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eupatorium sessilifolium var. vaseyi
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN The Plants of Pennsylvania (Rhoads & Block, 2007)
Eupatorium godfreyanum
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Eupatorium album var. vaseyi
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-017b:
Eupatorium sessilifolium var. vaseyi FAMILY Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Eupatorium vaseyi
COMMON NAME:
Vasey's Thoroughwort, Vasey's Eupatorium
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eupatorium vaseyi
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eupatorium sessilifolium var. vaseyi
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
The Plants of Pennsylvania (Rhoads & Block, 2007)
Eupatorium godfreyanum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Eupatorium album var. vaseyi
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-017b:
Eupatorium sessilifolium var. vaseyi
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Eupatorium vaseyi
2442
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist to dry woodlands and openings, fire-maintained woodlands over mafic rocks (such as diabase), per Weakley's Flora
Native to Tennessee
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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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p434?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p296?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p346?
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p181?
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