NameThatPlant.net: Eupatorium torreyanum

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Eupatorium torreyanum FAMILY Asteraceae__ Go to FSUS key

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Read more about Torrey's Thoroughwort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eupatorium hyssopifolium var. laciniatum FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-013?:

Eupatorium hyssopifolium FAMILY Asteraceae__

COMMON NAME:
Torrey's Thoroughwort, Torrey's Eupatorium

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Eupatorium torreyanum FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eupatorium hyssopifolium var. laciniatum FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-013?:
Eupatorium hyssopifolium FAMILY Asteraceae__

3635

Forb

Habitat: Dry woodlands, powerline rights-of-way, roadsides, marshes, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Carolina Piedmont, rare in Mountains (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly opposite or in whorls of 3
Leaves sessile

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Lustrous black
Achene

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