Eupatorium linearifolium |
Eupatorium godfreyanum |
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waxy thoroughwort |
Godfrey's thoroughwort |
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Habit | Perennials, 30–100+ cm. | Perennials, 60–100+ cm. |
Stems | (from short caudices) single or multiple, branched at or near bases, pubescent throughout. |
(from short caudices) single or multiple, sparsely branched distally, puberulent throughout. |
Leaves | usually opposite (distal sometimes alternate); sessile or subsessile; blades 3-nerved distal to bases, oblong to lance-oblong, 20–45 × 5–10 mm, bases cuneate, margins entire or serrate (teeth mostly proximal), apices acute, faces finely puberulent, gland-dotted. |
usually opposite (distal sometimes alternate, spreading or horizontal); sessile; blades pinnately nerved, elliptic or lance-ovate to narrowly ovate, 50–100 × 15–40 mm, bases rounded to cuneate (not connate-perfoliate), margins serrate, apices acute, faces puberulent or villous, gland-dotted. |
Florets | 5; corollas 3–3.5 mm. |
(4–)5; corollas 3–3.5 mm. |
Phyllaries | 8–10 in 1–2 series, lanceolate (tapering toward apices), 2–5 × 0.5–1 mm, apices rounded to acute, abaxial faces puberulent, gland-dotted. |
7–10 in 2–3 series, lanceolate (tapering at tips), 2–6 × 1–1.5 mm, apices acute, not mucronate, abaxial faces puberulent, gland-dotted. |
Heads | in corymbiform arrays. |
in corymbiform arrays. |
Cypselae | 2.5–3 mm; pappi of 30–40 bristles 3–5 mm. |
2–3 mm; pappi of 20–50 bristles 3.5–4.5 mm. |
2n | = 20, 30, 40. |
= 30, 40. |
Eupatorium linearifolium |
Eupatorium godfreyanum |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Sep. | Flowering Jul–Sep. |
Habitat | Dry, sandy soils, pine and oak woods, old fields | Dry, open, disturbed sites, edges of deciduous woods |
Elevation | 20–100+ m (100–300+ ft) | 20–300+ m (100–1000+ ft) |
Distribution |
AL; DE; FL; GA; MS; NC; SC; TX
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KY; MD; NC; NJ; OH; VA; WV |
Discussion | Plants treated here as Eupatorium linearifolium were long treated under the name E. cuneifolium; the latter name was superfluous when published (K. N. Gandhi and R. D. Thomas 1991). Because there appears to be a continuous range of variation between diploids that were referred to by V. I. Sullivan (1972) as E. cuneifolium and the series of putative hybrids (with E. hyssopifolium suggested as the other parent) that she called E. linearifolium, these are combined here. The tendency for the plants to branch at or near the bases is distinctive within Eupatorium. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Eupatorium godfreyanum is an apomictic polyploid derivative that includes genomes from E. rotundifolium and E. sessilifolium. Although it is relatively narrow in distribution, it is known to occur in localities where both progenitor species are absent and it seems to be persistent where it occurs. Eupatorium vaseyi Porter has been misapplied to E. godfreyanum. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 470. | FNA vol. 21, p. 467. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Eupatorieae > Eupatorium | Asteraceae > tribe Eupatorieae > Eupatorium |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | E. cuneifolium, E. glaucescens, E. tortifolium | |
Name authority | Walter: Fl. Carol., 199. (1788) | Cronquist: Brittonia 37: 238, fig. 1. (1985) |
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