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Brickellia eupatorioides (Linnaeus) Shinners. Eastern Kuhnia. Phen: Jun-Oct. Hab: Dry slopes, longleaf pine sandhills (especially in loamy sites), shale barrens, dry woodlands, thickets. Dist: NJ west to IN, s. AR, se. OK, south to ec. peninsular FL and se. TX.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Brickellia eupatorioides (L.) Shinners var. eupatorioides – Ar, FNA21, K1, K3, K4, Mo2, NcTx, Va, Shinners (1971a), Turner (1989); = Kuhnia eupatorioides L. var. eupatorioides – C, G, SE1, Tx; = Kuhnia eupatorioides L. var. pyramidalis Raf. – Shinners (1946); < Brickellia eupatorioides (L.) Shinners – Fl7, Ok, Pa, Tn, WH3; < Kuhnia eupatorioides L. – Oh3, RAB, S, W; > Kuhnia eupatorioides L. var. angustifolia Raf. – F; > Kuhnia eupatorioides L. var. eupatorioides – F; >< Kuhnia eupatorioides L. var. eupatorioides – SE1; >< Kuhnia eupatorioides L. var. gracilis Torr. & A.Gray – SE1

Links to other floras: = Brickellia eupatorioides var. eupatorioides - FNA21

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image of plant© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Radford, Ahles and Bell | Original Image ⭷

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect, clumped perennial of dry slopes, shale barrens, dry woodlands and thickets.

Stems: Stems 1-many, branched above, hairy to mostly smooth; may be burgundy-tinged.

Leaves: Leaves alternate (lowest may be nearly opposite), short-petiolate, lance-shaped, 1-4 in. long, with 3 prominent veins and sometimes toothed margins, gland-dotted below, softly hairy.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Composite flowers (heads) in a much-branched, terminal cluster; heads 1/3 in. tall, cylindric and consisting of 6-15 creamy white, tubular disk florets surrounded by several series of narrow, green or purplish bracts.

Fruits:

Comments: Flowers open in the early evening and close by mid-day, presumably an adaptation for nighttime pollination by moths and other nocturnal insects.

Height: 1-5 ft.

plant sale text: False Boneset is really one of the more interesting of our native Southeastern asters. It has narrow dark-green leaves that compliment, rather than overwhelm, the burgundy hue of its long stems. The most curious thing about False Boneset is its flower. The small heads of creamy-white disc flowers open in the early evening and close by mid-day, presumably an adaptation for nighttime pollination by moths and other nocturnal insects.

bloom table text:

description: Erect, clumped perennial of dry slopes, shale barrens, dry woodlands and thickets.

stems: Stems 1-many, branched above, hairy to mostly smooth; may be burgundy-tinged.

leaves: Leaves alternate (lowest may be nearly opposite), short-petiolate, lance-shaped, 1-4 in. long, with 3 prominent veins and sometimes toothed margins, gland-dotted below, softly hairy.

inflorescence:

flowers: Composite flowers (heads) in a much-branched, terminal cluster; heads 1/3 in. tall, cylindric and consisting of 6-15 creamy white, tubular disk florets surrounded by several series of narrow, green or purplish bracts.

fruits:

comments: Flowers open in the early evening and close by mid-day, presumably an adaptation for nighttime pollination by moths and other nocturnal insects.

cultural notes:

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native range: United States