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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Eutrochium purpureum var. carolinianum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Read more about Eutrochium at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eutrochium purpureum var. carolinianum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eutrochium purpureum var. carolinianum
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Eutrochium purpureum var. purpureum
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Eupatorium purpureum var. purpureum
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-004?:
Eupatorium purpureum FAMILY Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eupatorium trifoliatum
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Joe-Pye-weed, Downy Sweet Joe-Pye-weed
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_e_purpureum_car1
June Union County NC
Stem solid, greenish, often dark purple at the nodes, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_e_purpureum_car1b
June Union County NC
Leaves ovate to broadly elliptical; teeth acute to blunt, 1-serrate, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Eutrochium purpureum var. carolinianum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eutrochium purpureum var. carolinianum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eutrochium purpureum var. carolinianum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Eutrochium purpureum var. purpureum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Eupatorium purpureum var. purpureum
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-004?:
Eupatorium purpureum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eupatorium trifoliatum
3647
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Dry forests, woodlands, oak savannas, and roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Carolinas, rare in GA
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LEAVES:
Simple
Whorls of (2-)3-4(-5)
FLOWER:
Summer
Disc: Pale purplish-pink
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer
Lustrous black
Achene
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