Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Eupatorium pubescens
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Inland Roundleaf Eupatorium at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eupatorium rotundifolium var. ovatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eupatorium rotundifolium var. ovatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Eupatorium rotundifolium var. ovatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Eupatorium rotundifolium var. ovatum
INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Eupatorium rotundifolium
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-016b:
Eupatorium rotundifolium var. ovatum FAMILY Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eupatorium pubescens
COMMON NAME:
Inland Roundleaf Eupatorium, Hairy Thoroughwort
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JK Marlow jkm200525_5212
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm200525_5213
May Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm190702_9602
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Leaves mostly acute, principal two lateral veins diverging 2-10mm above base, per Weakley's Flora (2018).
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JK Marlow jkm190702_9603
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Flower heads in corymbiform arrays, per Flora of North America.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_e_pubescens_3
August
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JK Marlow jkm221010_0332
October Pickens County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Eupatorium pubescens
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eupatorium rotundifolium var. ovatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eupatorium rotundifolium var. ovatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Eupatorium rotundifolium var. ovatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Eupatorium rotundifolium var. ovatum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Eupatorium rotundifolium
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-016b:
Eupatorium rotundifolium var. ovatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eupatorium pubescens
3633
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: forests and woodlands, woodland edges, roadbanks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in NC Mountains & NC Piedmont (uncommon to 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
Leaves sessile, or petioles to 3mm long
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: White
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Lustrous black
Achene
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