Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Eupatorium glaucescens
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Wedgeleaf Thoroughwort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eupatorium glaucescens
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Eupatorium linearifolium
INCLUDED WITHIN
The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Eupatorium linearifolium
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-010:
Eupatorium cuneifolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eupatorium cuneifolium
COMMON NAME:
Wedgeleaf Thoroughwort, Broadleaf Bushy Eupatorium, Wedgeleaf Eupatorium
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmeglaucesce_echawswale
October Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Involucres cylindric, 5-flowered; bracts acute, apices and margins white, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdme_glaucescens_cabin1b
Month Unknown Clarendon County SC
Leaves broadly oblanceolate, 5-15mm wide, crenate or serrate in upper half, per Weakley's Flora.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmeglaucescens_cabin1
Month Unknown Clarendon County SC
The name E. cuneifolium must be rejected on nomenclatural grounds, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmeglaucescens_cabin2
Month Unknown Clarendon County SC
Corymb 1-4dm broad, the branches densely pubescent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Eupatorium glaucescens
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eupatorium glaucescens
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Eupatorium linearifolium
INCLUDED WITHIN
The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Eupatorium linearifolium
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-010:
Eupatorium cuneifolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eupatorium cuneifolium
2443
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Coastal Plain (an endemic)
Look for it in longleaf pine sandhills, dry sandy woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Petioles mostly obscured by decurrent blade
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Cream
Rays: Absent
Bisexual
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Lustrous black
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p191
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p189
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p165