Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Eupatorium leucolepis
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eupatorium leucolepis var. leucolepis
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Flora of North America
Eupatorium leucolepis var. leucolepis
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Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Eupatorium leucolepis
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VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-008:
Eupatorium leucolepis
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Eupatorium leucolepis var. leucolepis
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Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eupatorium leucolepis
COMMON NAME:
Savanna Eupatorium, Justiceweed, White-bracted Thoroughwort
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JK Marlow jkm161001_147
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
"Justiceweed" was used by SC's John Justice to treat snakebites in 1800s, per New York Natural Heritage Program.
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JK Marlow jkm161001_148
October Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
"leucolepis" = white-scaled, referring to white-haired involucral bracts, per New York Natural Heritage Program.
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JK Marlow jkm161001_834
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
A flat-topped cluster of tiny flower heads, each w long-pointed white bracts, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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JK Marlow jkm161001_837
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Leaves well-spaced, almost sessile, about 12mm wide, with toothed margins, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Eupatorium leucolepis
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eupatorium leucolepis var. leucolepis
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Eupatorium leucolepis var. leucolepis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Eupatorium leucolepis
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-008:
Eupatorium leucolepis
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Eupatorium leucolepis var. leucolepis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eupatorium leucolepis
2719
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain
Habitat: pine savannas, seepage bogs, depression ponds, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves more or less sessile
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: White
Rays: Absent
Bisexual
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Lustrous black
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p117
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p068
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p191
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p295
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p344
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p165