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Eupatorium glaucescens Elliott. Wedgeleaf Eupatorium, Broadleaf Bushy Eupatorium. Phen: Late Jul-Oct. Hab: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry sandy woodlands. Dist: Widespread in the Southeastern Coastal Plain, ranging from se. VA south to FL and west to MS.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: The name E. cuneifolium must be rejected on nomenclatural grounds (Gandhi & Thomas 1991).

Synonymy : = K1; = Eupatorium cuneifolium Willd. – S; = Eupatorium cuneifolium Willd. var. cuneifolium – F; < Eupatorium cuneifolium Willd. – C, G, RAB, SE1; < Eupatorium glaucescens Elliott – Tx; < Eupatorium linearifolium Walter – Fl7, FNA21, K3, K4, WH3

Links to other floras: < Eupatorium linearifolium - FNA21

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect perennial of sandhills and other dry, sandy woodlands.

Stems: Stems from a woody crown, usually much-branched from the base, minutely hairy.

Leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile, spreading to ascending, oblong-lance-shaped with tapered base, entire or irregularly toothed only in the upper half, gland-dotted beneath and hairy.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Narrow, erect, fuzzy-appearing composite flowers (heads) in branching, terminal cluster, the branches of which are very hairy; heads about 1/3 in. long, each consisting of about 5 tiny, bright white, 5-lobed, tubular florets with 2 protruding styles. A series of hairy, green, narrow bracts surround the base of each head.

Fruits:

Comments: Flowers are notably whiter than those of other white Eupatoriums.

Height: 1-2 1/2 ft.

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description: Erect perennial of sandhills and other dry, sandy woodlands.

stems: Stems from a woody crown, usually much-branched from the base, minutely hairy.

leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile, spreading to ascending, oblong-lance-shaped with tapered base, entire or irregularly toothed only in the upper half, gland-dotted beneath and hairy.

inflorescence:

flowers: Narrow, erect, fuzzy-appearing composite flowers (heads) in branching, terminal cluster, the branches of which are very hairy; heads about 1/3 in. long, each consisting of about 5 tiny, bright white, 5-lobed, tubular florets with 2 protruding styles. A series of hairy, green, narrow bracts surround the base of each head.

fruits:

comments: Flowers are notably whiter than those of other white Eupatoriums.

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