False Boneset
Brickellia eupatorioides (L.) Shinners
(formerly Kuhnia eupatorioides L.)
Asteraceae (Aster Family)
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Brickellia eupatorioides
(L.) Shinners (formerly
Kuhnia
eupatorioides L.), False Boneset:
(Bayer
Code:
KUHEU; US Code BREU)
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Native, creeping perennial spreading by rhizomes; has several stems arising
from each plant base; grows 1-3 feet tall
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Leaves are lanceolate to linear, with short petioles and toothed margins
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Flowers are at tops and lateral branches of plants,
cream colored ¼ inch diameter head inflorescences; inflorescences more
panicle-like, not dense, flat-topped clusters as with
Eupatorium spp.
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Tends to increase in overgrazed pastures, since less palatable as it matures
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Similar species are the white-flowered
Eupatorium spp:
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Tall Joepyeweed
(Eupatorium altissimum) – has lanceolate leaves with toothed
margins and dense, rounded to flat-topped terminal inflorescences
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Late Eupatorium
(Eupatorium serotinum) – has narrow-triangluar leaves with toothed
margins, and inflorescences are in dense, rounded to flat-topped terminal
inflorescences
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