Biology:Eupatorium leucolepis

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Short description: Species of flowering plant


Justiceweed

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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Eupatorium
Species:
E. leucolepis
Binomial name
Eupatorium leucolepis
(DC.) Torr. & A.Gray
Synonyms[2]
  • Eupatorium glaucescens var. leucolepis DC.
  • Uncasia leucolepis (Torr. & A.Gray) Greene

Eupatorium leucolepis, commonly called justiceweed or white-bracted thoroughwort, is a herbaceous perennial plant in the family Asteraceae native from the eastern coastal United States, from New York to eastern Texas , with scattered populations inland as far as Kentucky and West Virginia.[3]

Eupatorium paludicola and Eupatorium novae-angliae

Eupatorium paludicola consists of diploids from clay soils of North Carolina and South Carolina. Until the early 21st century, they were classified in E. leucolepis. Eupatorium novae-angliae, known from a dozen or so sites in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, is a hybrid-derived allopolyploid of Eupatorium paludicola and Eupatorium perfoliatum. In the past it was known as E. leucolepis var. novae-angliae but, like E. paludicola, it does not appear to be closely related to E. leucolepis.[4][3][5]

It is self-sustaining, rather than being found only where both parents are present, so various authors since 1992 have proposed treating it as a distinct species.[6]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5409959 entry