Late eupatorium

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Late eupatorium leaf

Late eupatorium achenes

Late eupatorium leaves

Late eupatorium

Late eupatorium inflorescence

Late eupatorium flowers

Late eupatorium habit

Late eupatorium inflorescence

Late eupatorium inflorescence

Late eupatorium

Late eupatorium habit

Late eupatorium

Late eupatorium leaves

Morphology

Stem

Erect, much branched above, short-hairy.

Leaves

Mostly opposite but uppermost sometimes alternate; stalk .4 to 1.2 inches long; blade narrowly lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 2 to 8 inches long, 3/5 to 4 inches wide, upper surface nearly glabrous; veins 3-5, conspicuous; margins toothed; tip gradually tapering to sharp point.

Inflorescence

Corymb, terminal; heads numerous.

Flower

Heads cylindric, 1/6 to 1/4 inch tall; bracts linear, pubescent, overlapping in 2-3 series, tips rounded or blunt; ray florets absent; disk florets 9-15, white.

Fruit

Achene, narrow, oblong to oval, longitudinally ribbed, black, tipped with white bristles, enclosing small seed.

Ecology

Habitat

Open moist woods in bottomlands, old pastures, feedlots, waste areas; moist soils; occasionally in drier, open places.

Distribution

East 1/2 of Kansas.

Practical Information

Uses

Native Americans boiled the flowers and took the tea to treat typhoid fever.