Eupatorium vaseyi T.C. Porter. Common name: Vasey's Eupatorium. Phenology: Jul-Oct. Habitat: Moist to dry woodlands and openings, fire-maintained woodlands over mafic rocks (such as diabase). Distribution: Various interpretations of this taxon have led to confusions and uncertainties regarding its distribution; Schilling (2011) shows records for e. TN and sc. KY and a recent discovery on Crowley's Ridge in AR (Witsell, pers. comm., 2017) represent the only confirmed distribution, but it should be sought elsewhere.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: This species is an apomictic species derived from E. petaloideum × sessilifolium (Schilling 2011). It has often been treated as a variety of E. album, but is better regarded as a species of hybrid origin.
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, Tn, Va, Montgomery & Fairbrothers (1970), Schilling (2011b); = Eupatorium sessilifolium L. var. vaseyi (Porter) Fernald & Griscom — RAB, WV; ? Eupatorium album L. var. monardifolium (Fernald) — F, Tat; < Eupatorium album L. var. vaseyi (Porter) Cronquist — C, FNA21, SE1, W, Cronquist (1985); < Eupatorium godfreyanum Cronquist — Pa; < Eupatorium vaseyi Porter — G. Basionym: Eupatorium vaseyi Porter 1892
Links to other floras: < Eupatorium album var. vaseyi - FNA21
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Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect perennial of moist to dry woodlands and openings.
Stems: Stems mostly solitary, sparsely branched toward the top, hairy, sometimes sticky.
Leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile, lance-oval or narrowly oblong-oval, with 3 main veins, toothed and generally hairy.
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Flowers: Composite flowers (heads) arranged in flattish clusters at branch tips; heads white, consisting of....
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Height: 8-34 in.
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description: Erect perennial of moist to dry woodlands and openings.
stems: Stems mostly solitary, sparsely branched toward the top, hairy, sometimes sticky.
leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile, lance-oval or narrowly oblong-oval, with 3 main veins, toothed and generally hairy.
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flowers: Composite flowers (heads) arranged in flattish clusters at branch tips; heads white, consisting of....
fruits:
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