Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Eupatorium leucolepis
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Savanna Eupatorium at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eupatorium leucolepis var. leucolepis
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eupatorium leucolepis
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Eupatorium leucolepis var. leucolepis
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Eupatorium leucolepis var. leucolepis
INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Eupatorium leucolepis
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-008:
Eupatorium leucolepis FAMILY Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Eupatorium leucolepis var. leucolepis
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eupatorium leucolepis
COMMON NAME:
Savanna Eupatorium, Justiceweed, White-bracted Thoroughwort
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JK Marlow jkm161001_147
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
"Justiceweed" was used by SC's John Justice to treat snakebites in 1800s, per New York Natural Heritage Program.
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JK Marlow jkm161001_148
October Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
"leucolepis" = white-scaled, referring to white-haired involucral bracts, per New York Natural Heritage Program.
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JK Marlow jkm161001_834
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
A flat-topped cluster of tiny flower heads, each w long-pointed white bracts, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm161001_837
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Leaves well-spaced, almost sessile, about 12mm wide, with toothed margins, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Eupatorium leucolepis
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eupatorium leucolepis var. leucolepis
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eupatorium leucolepis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Eupatorium leucolepis var. leucolepis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Eupatorium leucolepis var. leucolepis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Eupatorium leucolepis
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-008:
Eupatorium leucolepis
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Eupatorium leucolepis var. leucolepis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eupatorium leucolepis
2719
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: pine savannas, seepage bogs, depression ponds, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves more or less 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!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p117
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p068
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p354
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p387
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p406
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p191
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p077
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p295
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p344
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p165
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