Eupatorium capillifolium
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photos, Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Eupatorium capillifolium |
| Common name: | dogfennel |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | to 6-1/2' |
| Foliage: | thin leaves, pubescent stems; filiform |
| Flower: | no ray flowers; greenish white disk flowers only |
| Flowering time: | June to November |
| Habitat: | flatwoods, marshes, pastures, disturbed sites |
| Range in New Jersey: | Cumberland, Cape May, Gloucester and Burlington counties |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | S1 endangered in NJ |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc. | a southern plant at its northern limit of its range |