Eupatorium rotundifolium |
Eupatorium perfoliatum |
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round-leaf boneset, round-leaf thoroughwort, roundleaf eupatorium |
boneset thoroughwort, Chapman's thoroughwort, common boneset, eupatoire perfoliée |
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Habit | Perennials, 40–100+ cm. | Perennials, 40–100+ cm. | ||||||||
Stems | (from short rhizomes) single, sparsely branched distally, puberulent. |
(from short caudices) single, sparsely branched distally, puberulent throughout. |
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Leaves | usually opposite (distal sometimes alternate, lateral buds dormant or producing 1 pair of leaves); sessile or subsessile; blades ± 3-nerved, usually ± deltate to orbiculate, sometimes ovate, 15–50(–70) × 15–40(–60) mm (lengths mostly 1–2 times widths), bases broadly rounded to truncate, margins crenate to serrate, apices acute, faces puberulent to villous, gland-dotted. |
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, gland-dotted (abaxial), glabrate, not gland-dotted (adaxial). |
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Florets | 5; corollas 3–4 mm. |
7–11; corollas 2.5–3 mm. |
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Phyllaries | 8–10 in 2–3 series, elliptic to oblanceolate, 2–6 × 0.5–1.5 mm, apices acute, abaxial faces puberulent, gland-dotted. |
7–10 in 1–2 series, oblong, 2–4.5 × 0.6–1 mm, apices (whitish) acute to acuminate, abaxial faces villous or puberulent, gland-dotted. |
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Heads | in corymbiform arrays. |
in corymbiform arrays. |
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Cypselae | 2–3 mm; pappi of 30–40 bristles 3.5–4 mm. |
1.5–2 mm; pappi of 20–30 bristles 3–3.5 mm. |
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2n | = 20. |
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Eupatorium rotundifolium |
Eupatorium perfoliatum |
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Phenology | Flowering Aug–Oct. | |||||||||
Habitat | Moist, low ground, marshes, roadsides, swamps, wet pastures | |||||||||
Elevation | 10–500+ m (0–1600+ ft) | |||||||||
Distribution |
AL; AR; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IN; KY; LA; MA; MD; MO; MS; NC; NH; NJ; NY; OH; OK; PA; RI; SC; TN; TX; VA; WV
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AL; AR; CT; DE; FL; GA; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MS; NC; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NY; OH; OK; PA; RI; SC; SD; TN; TX; VA; VT; WI; WV; MB; NB; NS; ON; PE; QC
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Discussion | Varieties 3 (3 in the flora). Eupatorium rotundifolium is one of the more variable species of the genus; its apparent propensity to hybridize with other species has led it to be described as a compilospecies and has complicated its delimitation. Hybrids with E. perfoliatum and E. sessilifolium are sufficiently distinctive to be treated here as distinctive entities (E. ×cordigerum and E. godfreyanum, respectively), and the varieties ovatum and scabridum have also been proposed to be of hybrid origin. The boundaries between varieties are indistinct and individual specimens may be difficult to place with confidence. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 472. | FNA vol. 21, p. 471. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Eupatorieae > Eupatorium | Asteraceae > tribe Eupatorieae > Eupatorium | ||||||||
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Synonyms | E. chapmanii, E. perfoliatum var. colpophilum, E. perfoliatum var. cuneatum | |||||||||
Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 837. (1753) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 838. (1753) | ||||||||
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