| Botanical name: |
Eupatorium
rotundifolium L. |
| Common
name: |
roundleaf boneset |
| Group: |
dicot |
| Family: |
Asteraceae |
| Growth
Type: |
forb/herb |
| Duration: |
perennial |
| Origin: |
native |
| Plant
height: |
2-5' |
| Foliage: |
stems hairy; egg or oblong shaped
leaves, toothed, oposite leaves, lower leaves stalkless or nearly
stalkless |
| Flowers: |
white flowers in broad, branching
clusters, 1/6-/4" long |
| Flowering/fruiting time: |
July to October |
| Habitat: |
dry open woods, fields |
| Range
in
New Jersey: |
statewide
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| Heritage ranking if any: |
n/a |
| Distribution: |
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| Misc.: |
This species is prone to hybridizing
with other species. E.
pubescens is now considered a subspecies of E. rotudifolium.
Varieties include rotundifolium
and ovatum.
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Sources
**USDA-NRCS
PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An
illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British
Possessions. Vol. 3: 360.
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