- Eupatorium altissimum
Taxobox
regnum =Plant ae
divisio =Magnoliophyta
unranked_classis =eudicot
ordo =Asterales
familia =Asteraceae
genus = "Eupatorium "
species = "E. altissimum"
binomial = "Eupatorium altissimum""Eupatorium altissimum" is a
perennial plant whose native range includes much of the eastern United States and Canada. It almost always grows onlimestone soils, as does "Brickellia eupatorioides", which it is potentially confused with. It can hybridize with "Eupatorium serotinum ". [cite web | url = http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242416524 | title = Eupatorium altissimum | work =Flora of North America ]It is part of "
Eupatorium " even when that genus is defined narrowly, to include about 40 species of mostly white-flowered plants of North America, Asia, and Europe. cite journal | title = Phylogeny and biogeography of Eupatorium (Asteraceae: Eupatorieae) based on nuclear ITS sequence data | author = Gregory J. Schmidt and Edward E. Schilling | journal = American Journal of Botany | year = 2000 | volume = 87 | pages = 716–726 | url = http://www.amjbot.org/cgi/content/full/87/5/716 | pmid = 10811796 | doi = 10.2307/2656858 ] [cite web | url = http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=112351 | title = Eupatorium | work =Flora of North America ]References
External links
* [http://www.missouriplants.com/Whiteopp/Eupatorium_altissimum_page.html Eupatorium altissimum] from missouriplants.com
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=EUAL3 PLANTS profile]
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