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Eupatorium leucolepis - (image 1 of 3)

Taxonomy

Family: Asteraceae

Habitat

Pine barrens, wet meadows, pond margins, usually in sandy soil.

Associates

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Distribution

MA to FL and LA, primarily on the coastal plain or near the coast; var. leucolepis occurs from NY south and var. novae-angliae is local in MA and RI (treated as a distinct species in New England).

Morphology

Perennial from a crown or short, stout rhizome; stem 40-100 cm, hirtellous or puberulent, sometimes merely strigose; leaves opposite, lance-oblong to linear-oblong or oblanceolate, toothed or entire, sessile, glandular-punctate; involucre 5-7 mm; involucral bracts imbricate, narrow, tapering to a long-acuminate or mucronately subattenuate point, villous-puberulent and frequently also atomiferous-glandular, the scarious margins mostly inconspicuous; flowers 5, corolla white, 3-4 mm.

Notes

Flowers July to October

Wetland indicator: FACW

Photographed in southern NJ so these are no doubt var. leucolepis.

References

Gleason, Henry A. and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Second Ed.

The New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY

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