Eupatorium glaucescens Elliott. Common name: Wedgeleaf Eupatorium, Broadleaf Bushy Eupatorium. Phenology: Late Jul-Oct. Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry sandy woodlands. Distribution: Widespread in the Southeastern Coastal Plain, ranging from se. VA south to FL and west to MS and e. TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: The name E. cuneifolium must be rejected on nomenclatural grounds (Gandhi & Thomas 1991).
Synonymy ⓘ: = 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, K4, WH3; Eupatorium glaucescens Elliott. Basionym: Eupatorium glaucescens Elliott 1824 [1823]
Links to other floras: < Eupatorium linearifolium - FNA21
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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Horticultural Information
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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