Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Fleischmannia incarnata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Pink Thoroughwort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
See Wooten & Clewell (1971) for discussion and illustrations of Fleischmannia incarnata and Conoclinium coelestinum.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fleischmannia incarnata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Fleischmannia incarnata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Fleischmannia incarnata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-023:
Eupatorium incarnatum FAMILY Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eupatorium incarnatum
COMMON NAME:
Pink Thoroughwort, Pink Eupatorium
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_euin_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_f_incarnata_pink
May
This erect weak-stemmed herb typically produces numerous branches, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_f_incarnata_pink_2
May
Similar to E. coelestinum but corollas pink to purplish, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_f_incarnata_pink_b
May
Stalked, triangular, coarsely toothed lvs w 3 primary veins arising at base, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Eric Ungberg ung_20180907_155553
September Granville County NC
Picture Creek Diabase Barrens
Corymb loosely branched. Involucres cylindric to campanulate, very fragrant, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Fleischmannia incarnata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fleischmannia incarnata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Fleischmannia incarnata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Fleischmannia incarnata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-023:
Eupatorium incarnatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eupatorium incarnatum
3133
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Nutrient-rich, moist to dry, forests and woodlands over diabase, limestone, coquina limestone, or other basic rocks, or on rich alluvium, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Petioles 1-8cm long
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Pink/ Purplish
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescence a corymb
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) p074
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p434
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p106
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p063
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p286
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p335
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