Eupatorium album

Taxobox


image_caption =
name = "White thoroughwort"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Angiospermae
unranked_classis = eudicot
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
tribus = Eupatorieae
genus = "Eupatorium"
species = "E. album"
binomial = "Eupatorium album"
binomial_authority = L.
synonyms ="Uncasia alba" (L.) Greene

"Eupatorium album", or White thoroughwort, is a herbaceous perennial plant in Asteraceae native from the Eastern states of the USA.cite web | url = http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066731 | work = Flora of North America | title = Eupatorium album ] Like other members of the genus "Eupatorium" it has inflorescences containing a large number of white flowers with disc florets and no ray florets.cite web | url = http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=112351 | title = Eupatorium | work = Flora of North America ] At 0.5 to one meter tall, it is towards the shorter end of the range of heights found in "Eupatorium" species.

It is capable of hybridizing with other "Eupatorium" species including "Eupatorium sessilifolium" and "Eupatorium serotinum".

"E. album" is native to the eastern United States, from the Atlantic coast to as far west as Louisiana, Ohio, and New York.

References

Further reading

*cite journal | pmid = 1255283 | year = 1976 | month = Mar | author = Herz, W; Sharma, Rp | title = New hydroxylated ent-kauranoic acids from Eupatorium album | volume = 41 | issue = 6 | pages = 1021–6 | issn = 0022-3263 | journal = The Journal of organic chemistry

External links

* [http://www.alabamaplants.com/Whiteopp/Eupatorium_album_page.html alabamaplants.com] , including photos.