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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eupatorium fernaldii   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Eupatorium fernaldii

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Eupatorium album var. vaseyi

 

COMMON NAME:
Fernald’s Thoroughwort, Fernald’s Eupatorium


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image of Eupatorium fernaldii, Fernald’s Thoroughwort, Fernald’s Eupatorium

JK Marlow    jkm230717_4443

July    Greenville County    SC

Blue Wall Preserve

image of Eupatorium fernaldii, Fernald’s Thoroughwort, Fernald’s Eupatorium

JK Marlow    jkm230717_4443b

July    Greenville County    SC

Blue Wall Preserve

Phyllaries acute-acuminate to mucronate, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Eupatorium fernaldii, Fernald’s Thoroughwort, Fernald’s Eupatorium

JK Marlow    jkm230717_4444

July    Greenville County    SC

Blue Wall Preserve

Larger leaves > 6cm long (and usually > 8cm long), per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Eupatorium fernaldii, Fernald’s Thoroughwort, Fernald’s Eupatorium

JK Marlow    jkm230717_4444b

July    Greenville County    SC

Blue Wall Preserve

Leaves with abundant resin glands, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eupatorium fernaldii   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eupatorium fernaldii

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Eupatorium album var. vaseyi

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4465

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Dry to mesic woodlands and roadbanks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Usually opposite, upper sometimes alternate
Leaves sessile

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: White
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Lustrous black
Achene

 

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