Eutrochium dubium |
Eutrochium maculatum |
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coastal plain joe-pye weed, joepye thoroughwort |
eupatoire maculée, joe-pye-weed, spotted joe-pye weed |
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Habit | Plants 40–120(–170) cm. | Plants 60–200 cm. | ||||||||
Stems | usually purple-spotted, sometimes uniformly purple, solid, glabrous proximally, glandular-puberulent distally. |
usually purple-spotted, sometimes uniformly purple, usually solid, sometimes hollow near bases, glabrous proximally to densely puberulent throughout, glandular-puberulent distally. |
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Leaves | mostly in 3s–4s; petioles 7–25 mm, glabrous; blades usually ± 3-nerved, rarely pinnately veined, deltate-ovate or ovate to lance-ovate, 5–16 × 2–8 cm, relatively thick and firm (often rugose), bases usually abruptly contracted to petioles, margins coarsely serrate, abaxial faces densely gland-dotted and sparingly hirsute (at least on midribs and main veins), adaxial faces scabrous, glabrescent. |
in (3s–)4s–5s(–6s); petioles 5–20 mm, glabrous or pubescent; blades pinnately veined, lance-elliptic to lanceolate or lance-ovate, mostly (6–)8–23(–30) × (1.5–)2–7(–9) cm, bases gradually or abruptly tapered, margins sharply serrate or doubly serrate, abaxial faces gland-dotted and densely pubescent to glabrate, adaxial faces sparingly hairy or glabrous. |
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Involucres | often purplish, 6.5–9 × 2.5–5 mm. |
often purplish, 6.5–9 × 3.5–7 mm. |
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Florets | (4–)5–9(–10); corollas usually dark purple, rarely pinkish or white, 4.5–7 mm. |
(8–)9–20(–22); corollas purplish, 4.5–7.5 mm. |
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Phyllaries | glabrous or sparsely hairy. |
glabrous or densely pubescent. |
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Heads | usually in ± convex, sometimes flat-topped, corymbiform arrays. |
in flat-topped, corymbiform arrays. |
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Cypselae | 3–4.5 mm. |
3–5 mm. |
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2n | = 20. |
= 20. |
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Eutrochium dubium |
Eutrochium maculatum |
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Phenology | Flowering late summer–early fall. | |||||||||
Habitat | Moist habitats, in sandy or gravelly, acid soils, open sun or partial shade | |||||||||
Elevation | 0–50+ m (0–200+ ft) | |||||||||
Distribution |
CT; DE; MA; MD; ME; NC; NH; NJ; NY; PA; RI; SC; VA; VT; NS
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AZ; CO; CT; IA; ID; IL; IN; KS; MA; ME; MI; MN; MO; NC; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NM; NY; OH; PA; SD; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY; AB; BC; MB; NB; NF; NS; ON; PE; QC; SK
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Discussion | Eutrochium dubium is restricted to the coastal plain, and inland along major river systems, of eastern North America. Identification of E. dubium has been difficult for field botanists, as evidenced by misidentified herbarium specimens. The most prominent character distinguishing E. dubium from its relatives (especially E. maculatum) is the 3-nerved leaf venation: the proximalmost pair of lateral veins are more prominent and more prolonged than the others. This character is best observed on abaxial leaf faces. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Varieties 3 (3 in the flora). Eutrochium maculatum has the widest geographic distribution and greatest morphologic variability among species in the genus. The three varieties recognized here show intergradation where the ranges overlap. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 475. | FNA vol. 21, p. 475. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Eupatorieae > Eutrochium | Asteraceae > tribe Eupatorieae > Eutrochium | ||||||||
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Synonyms | Eupatorium dubium, Eupatoriadelphus dubius, Eupatorium americanum, Eupatorium ternifolium | Eupatorium maculatum, Eupatoriadelphus maculatus, Eupatorium purpureum subsp. maculatum, Eupatorium purpureum var. maculatum, Eupatorium trifoliatum var. maculatum | ||||||||
Name authority | (Willdenow ex Poiret) E. E. Lamont: Sida 21: 901. (2004) | (Linnaeus) E. E. Lamont: Sida 21: 902. (2004) | ||||||||
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