Eupatorium capillifolium (Lam.) Small
Detail
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Botanical Name
- Eupatorium capillifolium (Lam.) Small
- Common Name
- Dog-fennel
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Eupatorium capillifolium (Lam.) Small
- Comments
- A robust species with capillary leaflets; foliage pungent when bruised. Hybrids with E. perfoliatum known as ×pinnatifidum Ell., were mapped in previous hardcopy editions from King & Queen, Hampton, and Newport News.
- Habitat
- Fields, roadsides, clearings, and other open, disturbed habitats; most abundant in severely burned areas, clear-cuts, and other habitats with heavy soil disturbance; also frequent in various moist to wet natural habitats, where usually associated with small-scale soil disturbances. Common in the Coastal Plain and outer Piedmont; rare in the inner Piedmont.
- Native Status
- Native
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