Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Brickellia eupatorioides
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Read more about Brickellia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Brickellia eupatorioides var. eupatorioides
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-33-001:
Kuhnia eupatorioides
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Kuhnia eupatorioides
COMMON NAME:
Eastern False-boneset, Eastern False-eupatorium, Eastern Kuhnia
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_kueu_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm060928_019b
September York County SC
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Flower heads narrow and cylindric; flowers cream, not white as in Eupatorium, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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Keith Bradley kab_b_eupatorioides_3840
September Lancaster County SC
Forty Acre Rock Heritage Preserve
Unlike Eupatorium, its inflorescence is not flat-topped, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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JK Marlow s060928_c
September York County SC
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Leaves linear or lanceolate, toothed or not, & (unlike Eupatorium) alternate, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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JK Marlow s060928_c2
September York County SC
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Flower heads grow from tips of stem and short branches, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Brickellia eupatorioides
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Brickellia eupatorioides var. eupatorioides
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-33-001:
Kuhnia eupatorioides
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Kuhnia eupatorioides
1886
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in Mountains & NC Coastal Plain)
Habitat: Dry slopes, longleaf pine sandhills (especially in loamy sites), shale barrens, dry woodlands, thickets, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Leaves more or less sessile
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Cream
Rays: Absent
Bisexual
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blackish
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p418
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia p067
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p183
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p311
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p361
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p182
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p045