False Boneset

Kuhnia eupatorioides L.

Asteraceae (Aster Family)

▲ mature, flowering plant

▲ ▼ flowers

▲ stem with leaves

False Boneset:  (pp. 156-157, Weeds of the Great Plains—not in Weeds of the Northeast)

·         creeping perennial spreading by rhizomes

·         has several stems arising from each plant base; grows 1-3’ tall

·         leaves are lanceolate to linear, with toothed margins

·         flowers are at tops and lateral branches of plants, cream colored, similar to tall thoroughwort, but not as dense nor as white

·         tends to increase in overgrazed pastures, since less palatable as it matures