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Asteraceae
Brickellia

not marked as a favorite taxon Brickellia eupatorioides (Linnaeus) Shinners. Common name: Eastern Kuhnia. Phenology: Jun-Oct. Habitat: Dry slopes, longleaf pine sandhills (especially in loamy sites), shale barrens, dry woodlands, thickets. Distribution: NJ west to IN, s. AR, se. OK, south to ec. peninsular FL and se. TX.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Brickellia eupatorioides (L.) Shinners var. eupatorioides — Ar, FNA21, 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. Basionym: Kuhnia eupatorioides L. 1763

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

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image #1 of Brickellia eupatorioides© Gary P. Fleming | 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



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