Eupatorium perfoliatum

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 2: 838. 1753.

Common names: Common boneset eupatoire perfoliée
Endemic
Synonyms: Eupatorium chapmanii Small Eupatorium perfoliatum var. colpophilum Fernald & Griscom Eupatorium perfoliatum var. cuneatum Engelmann
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 471. Mentioned on page 463, 467, 469, 472, 474.

Perennials, 40–100+ cm. Stems (from short caudices) single, sparsely branched distally, puberulent throughout. Leaves usually opposite (sometimes whorled); sessile; blades pinnately nerved, oblong (tapering toward apices), 50–150+ × 15–40 mm, bases connate-perfoliate, margins serrate, apices acute, faces pilose, glanddotted (abaxial), glabrate, not glanddotted (adaxial). Heads in corymbiform arrays. Phyllaries 7–10 in 1–2 series, oblong, 2–4.5 × 0.6–1 mm, apices (whitish) acute to acuminate, abaxial faces villous or puberulent, glanddotted. Florets 7–11; corollas 2.5–3 mm. Cypselae 1.5–2 mm; pappi of 20–30 bristles 3–3.5 mm. 2n = 20.


Phenology: Flowering Aug–Oct.
Habitat: Moist, low ground, marshes, roadsides, swamps, wet pastures
Elevation: 10–500+ m

Distribution

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Man., N.B., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Ala., Ark., Conn., Del., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Miss., Mo., Nebr., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., N.Dak., Ohio, Okla., Pa., R.I., S.C., S.Dak., Tenn., Tex., Vt., Va., W.Va., Wis.

Discussion

Eupatorium perfoliatum is both distinctive, with its perfoliate leaf bases, and extraordinarily widespread. Hybrids between E. perfoliatum and other species of Eupatorium have been reported. The name E. resinosum var. kentuckiense Fernald is based on hybrids between E. perfoliatum and E. serotinum (= E. ×truncatum Muhlenberg ex Willdenow). Eupatorium perfoliatum var. colpophilum refers to populations characterized by narrower, more leathery leaves found in the extreme northeastern portion of the range.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"fine" is not a number.

... more about "Eupatorium perfoliatum"
puberulent +  and villous +
not tailed +, truncate +, rounded +  and obtuse +
acute;acuminate +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually terete +  and clavate +
diffuse +  and dense +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Kunsiri Chaw Siripun +  and Edward E. Schilling +
Linnaeus +
connate-perfoliate +
puberulent +
decurrent +
enlarged +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
dissected +, lobed +, toothed +  and entire +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
papillate +  and rugose +
(4-)5-angled;10-ribbed +
filiform +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
Common boneset +  and eupatoire perfoliée +
pinkish +  and white +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
prismatic +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Man. +, N.B. +, N.S. +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Conn. +, Del. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Ky. +, La. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, Nebr. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, N.Dak. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, S.Dak. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Vt. +, Va. +, W.Va. +  and Wis. +
10–500+ m +
glabrate +  and pilose +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Moist, low ground, marshes, roadsides, swamps, wet pastures +
in usually determinate , rarely indeterminate , arrays +  and singly +
indeterminate +
each +  and sessile +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
obconic;ellipsoid +
triangular +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
Flowering Aug–Oct. +
nerved +  and 2-3-nerved +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
7 +  and 10 +
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
convex;flat +
exalbuminous +
puberulent +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +
papillate +
Eupatorium chapmanii +, Eupatorium perfoliatum var. colpophilum +  and Eupatorium perfoliatum var. cuneatum +
Eupatorium perfoliatum +
Eupatorium +
species +
campanulate +
toothed +  and entire +
40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +
vine +, shrub +  and subshrub +