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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eupatorium capillifolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Read more about Common Dog-fennel at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eupatorium capillifolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Eupatorium capillifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-005a:
Eupatorium capillifolium var. capillifolium FAMILY Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eupatorium capillifolium
COMMON NAME:
Common Dog-fennel, Summer Cedar, Yankeeweed, Cypressweed
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_euca5_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_euca5_005_lvd
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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_405
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Alan S. Weakley asw_266270725744961
May Cumberland County NC
Carvers Creek State Park
2 species pictured: the broader segments Eupatorium compositifolium, the finer E. capillifolium. — Alan Weakley
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JK Marlow jkm160607_001
June Greenville County SC
Roadside
Leaves multi-divided into numerous delicate needle-like segments, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow s000614_a
June Greenville County SC
Leaves bright green, segments of upper leaves 0.2-0.5mm wide, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm0307f_01
July Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
An excellent indicator of soil disturbance, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm160826_004
August Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0409h_04
September Greenville County SC
Utility right-of-way
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JK Marlow jkm0409h_10b
September Greenville County SC
Utility right-of-way
Our Eupatorium flowers are bisexual, all disc, without receptacular bracts, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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JK Marlow jkm180927_5039
September Greenville County SC
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Gill Newberry gn10_e_capillifolium
October
Numerous heads, each about 0.1" high, with 3-6 greenish-white disk flowers, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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Gill Newberry gn10_e_capillifolium_pla
October
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JK Marlow jkm0010a_16
October Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0310b_26
October Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Elongated, much-branching conical panicle, 30-80cm long and 20-50cm wide, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm161012_019
October Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0411h_23
November Pickens County SC
Roadside
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eupatorium capillifolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eupatorium capillifolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Eupatorium capillifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-005a:
Eupatorium capillifolium var. capillifolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eupatorium capillifolium
545
Forb
Annual/Short-lived perennial
Habitat: Disturbed soils, old fields, clearcuts, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in Mountains, rare in NC Mountains)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple: Dissected
Lower opposite, upper alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Creamy-white/ Purplish
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Lustrous black
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p158
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p066
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p202
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p105
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p258
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p078
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p294
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p343
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p312
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992) p095
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