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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eupatorium rotundifolium var. rotundifolium   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Eupatorium rotundifolium var. rotundifolium

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Eupatorium rotundifolium var. rotundifolium

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Eupatorium rotundifolium var. rotundifolium

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Eupatorium rotundifolium

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-016a:

Eupatorium rotundifolium var. rotundifolium   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Eupatorium rotundifolium

 

COMMON NAME:
Common Roundleaf Boneset, Common Roundleaf Thoroughwort, Common Roundleaf Eupatorium


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image of Eupatorium rotundifolium, Common Roundleaf Boneset, Common Roundleaf Thoroughwort, Common Roundleaf Eupatorium

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_euve4_001_lvd

        

image of Eupatorium rotundifolium, Common Roundleaf Boneset, Common Roundleaf Thoroughwort, Common Roundleaf Eupatorium

JK Marlow    jkm0505q_08

May    Williamsburg County    SC

The 2 sides of each tooth usually distinctly convex-curved, the tooth therefore rounded, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Eupatorium rotundifolium, Common Roundleaf Boneset, Common Roundleaf Thoroughwort, Common Roundleaf Eupatorium

JK Marlow    jkm0407d_32

July    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

image of Eupatorium rotundifolium, Common Roundleaf Boneset, Common Roundleaf Thoroughwort, Common Roundleaf Eupatorium

JK Marlow    jkm0407d_33

July    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

Leaf apex usually ≥ 90º, the 2 principal lateral veins diverging directly from base of midrib, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Eupatorium rotundifolium, Common Roundleaf Boneset, Common Roundleaf Thoroughwort, Common Roundleaf Eupatorium

JK Marlow    jkm0507j_37

July    Greenville County    SC

Wildcat Falls Wayside Park

Heads numerous, in a flat-topped corymb with opposite, hairy branches, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Eupatorium rotundifolium, Common Roundleaf Boneset, Common Roundleaf Thoroughwort, Common Roundleaf Eupatorium

Keith Bradley    kab_e_rotundifolium_72963

August    Collier County    FL

Big Cypress National Preserve

image of Eupatorium rotundifolium, Common Roundleaf Boneset, Common Roundleaf Thoroughwort, Common Roundleaf Eupatorium

JK Marlow    jkm180914_4738

September    Greenville County    SC

image of Eupatorium rotundifolium, Common Roundleaf Boneset, Common Roundleaf Thoroughwort, Common Roundleaf Eupatorium

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmerotundifoli_oceanbay

Month Unknown    Horry County    SC

Lewis Ocean Bay Heritage Preserve

Involucres 5-flowered, bracts obtuse to acute, apices and margins white, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eupatorium rotundifolium var. rotundifolium   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eupatorium rotundifolium var. rotundifolium

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Eupatorium rotundifolium var. rotundifolium

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Eupatorium rotundifolium var. rotundifolium

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Eupatorium rotundifolium

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-016a:
Eupatorium rotundifolium var. rotundifolium   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eupatorium rotundifolium

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

555

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: pine savannas, seepage bogs, moist to dry woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Leaves sessile, or petioles to 3mm long

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Lustrous black
Achene

 

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