Eupatorium altissimum

ClassificationDicots
FamilyAsteraceae
Family (Traditional)Asteraceae
GenusEupatorium
Species:Eupatorium altissimum L.
Common NameTall Thoroughwort
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Xeric; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Basifixed; Base Flower Color: White; Carpel Number/Pistil: 1; Fruit Complexity: Simple; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Cypsela; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: terminal; Inflorescence Types: corymb/cyme/umbel; Inflorescence Types: head; Ovary Position: Inferior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 1; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: Yes; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Complexity: Simple; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Basal; Sepal Fusion: N/A; Sepal Number: N/A; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 5; Tepal Number: N/A
C value 6
StatusNative; TN[SNR] KY[S5] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
Specimen(s) View and Download Specimen Details »

** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Eupatorium saltuense Eupatorium saltuense Fernald

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Anderson (KY), Barren (KY), Bullitt (KY), Crittenden (KY), Cumberland (KY), Estill (KY), Fleming (KY), Franklin (KY), Garrard (KY), Grant (KY), Graves (KY), Grayson (KY), Hardin (KY), Hart (KY), Henry (KY), Jefferson (KY), Jessamine (KY), Larue (KY), Livingston (KY), Madison (KY), Meade (KY), Menifee (KY), Mercer (KY), Muhlenberg (KY), Oldham (KY), Owen (KY), Pulaski (KY), Robertson (KY), Rowan (KY), Todd (KY), Trigg (KY), Warren (KY), Woodford (KY), Anderson (TN), Bledsoe (TN), Bradley (TN), Campbell (TN), Carter (TN), Claiborne (TN), Coffee (TN), Davidson (TN), Decatur (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Greene (TN), Hamblen (TN), Hawkins (TN), Knox (TN), Lawrence (TN), Loudon (TN), McNairy (TN), Marion (TN), Marshall (TN), Maury (TN), Meigs (TN), Montgomery (TN), Overton (TN), Perry (TN), Polk (TN), Roane (TN), Rutherford (TN), Stewart (TN), Sullivan (TN), Sumner (TN), Unicoi (TN), Weakley (TN), Wilson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MEM, MTSU, TENN, UOS, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1954 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100253689 Estill Kentucky 26 Sep 1987 Richard G. Guetig
435
EKY
Eupatorium altissimum
31234100253788 Madison Kentucky 08 Sep 1978 J. Stuart Lassetter
3236
EKY
Eupatorium altissimum
31234100253663 Crittenden Kentucky 03 Sep 1976 Raymond Athey
3625
EKY
Eupatorium altissimum
31234100253762 Madison Kentucky 31 Aug 1994 Gary W. Libby
947
EKY
Eupatorium altissimum
31234100253739 Henry Kentucky 08 Sep 1962 Elizabeth M. Browne
6327
EKY
Eupatorium altissimum
31234100253861 Woodford Kentucky 17 Oct 1954 Mary E. Wharton
8826
EKY
Eupatorium altissimum
31234100253747 Henry Kentucky 29 Sep 1962 J. L. Gentry Jr.
817
EKY
Eupatorium altissimum
31234100253804 Madison Kentucky 13 Sep 1995 Timothy J. Weckman
2015
EKY
Eupatorium altissimum
31234100253705 Fleming Kentucky 23 Sep 1999 Kim Feeman
825
EKY
Eupatorium altissimum
31234100253754 Larue Kentucky 02 Sep 1997 Ronald L. Jones
8271
EKY
Eupatorium altissimum
31234100253655 Barren Kentucky 09 Sep 1978 George P. Johnson
429
EKY
Eupatorium altissimum
31234100725553 Garrard Kentucky 13 Sep 2010 W. W. Overbeck
897
EKY
Eupatorium altissimum
31234100253838 Mercer Kentucky 13 Oct 1956 Mary E. Wharton
10656
EKY
Eupatorium altissimum
31234100253671 Cumberland Kentucky 05 Oct 1997 James B. Beck
377
EKY
Eupatorium altissimum
31234100253648 Anderson Kentucky 24 Sep 1955 Mary E. Wharton
9511
EKY
Eupatorium altissimum
31234100253713 Franklin Kentucky 04 Sep 1981 Hal Bryan
FR-393
EKY
Eupatorium altissimum
31234100253879 Roane Tennessee 10 Oct 1976 Henry R. Deselm
EKY
Eupatorium altissimum
31234100253853 Todd Kentucky 05 Sep 1976 Raymond Athey
3637
EKY
Eupatorium altissimum
31234100253812 Menifee Kentucky 09 Sep 1989 Carol Hanley
243
EKY
Eupatorium altissimum
31234100253721 Hardin Kentucky 15 Sep 1988 Ronald L. Jones
5452
EKY
Eupatorium altissimum
31234100253820 Mercer Kentucky 18 Sep 1993 David D. Taylor
17359
EKY
Eupatorium altissimum
31234100253796 Madison Kentucky 26 Sep 1999 M. W. Gumbert
157
EKY
Eupatorium altissimum
31234100723202 Garrard Kentucky 25 Sep 2010 W. W. Overbeck
914
EKY
Eupatorium altissimum
31234100253846 Robertson Kentucky 19 Sep 2002 Timothy J. Weckman
7801
EKY
Eupatorium altissimum
31234100708468 Meigs Tennessee Not shown-Not shown-Not shown H. R. DeSelm
129
EKY
Eupatorium altissimum
31234100253770 Madison Kentucky 19 Sep 1993 Gary W. Libby
146
EKY
Eupatorium altissimum
BEREA007308 Franklin Kentucky
BEREA
Eupatorium altissimum
BEREA007311 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Eupatorium altissimum
BEREA007313 Trigg Kentucky
BEREA
Eupatorium altissimum
BEREA007309 Garrard Kentucky
BEREA
Eupatorium altissimum
BEREA007312 Trigg Kentucky
BEREA
Eupatorium altissimum
BEREA007310 Garrard Kentucky
BEREA
Eupatorium altissimum
31973000005577 Grant Kentucky 10 Oct 2003 Thieret, John
61660
KNK
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211668 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211660 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211703 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211675 Greene Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211683 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211715 Wilson Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211690 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211671 Decatur Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211680 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211707 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0212301 Crittenden Kentucky
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211692 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211686 Loudon Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211688 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211701 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211691 Marshall Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0212307 Todd Kentucky
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211681 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211684 Lawrence Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211672 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211669 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211682 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0212304 Jessamine Kentucky
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211665 Bradley Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211664 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211706 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211697 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211674 Greene Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211677 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211661 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211700 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211673 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211663 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211708 Stewart Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211687 Loudon Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211704 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211679 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211693 Meigs Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211698 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211662 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211666 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211689 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211714 Wilson Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211699 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0212306 Robertson Kentucky
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211670 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211678 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211694 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211713 Wilson Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211710 Sumner Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211676 Hamblen Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0212302 Henry Kentucky
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0212305 Madison Kentucky
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211696 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211705 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211685 Loudon Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211712 Weakley Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211667 Claiborne Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0212303 Jessamine Kentucky
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211711 Sumner Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211695 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211702 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
TENN-V-0211709 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Eupatorium altissimum
BEREA024516 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Eupatorium altissimum
BEREA024768 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0026407 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0026387 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0121244 Crittenden Kentucky
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0113383 Meigs Tennessee
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0026404 Rutherford Tennessee
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0026397 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0087279 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0121242 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0026408 Roane Tennessee
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0121241 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0026398 Giles Tennessee
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0026395 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0092816 Franklin Kentucky 04 Sep 1979 Max Medley
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0084852 Rowan Kentucky
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0121014 Robertson Kentucky
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0026402 Roane Tennessee
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0071427 Pulaski Kentucky 01 Oct 1987 Max Medley
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0026406 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0092899 Crittenden Kentucky
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0026403 Wilson Tennessee
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0026399 Perry Tennessee
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0121245 Meade Kentucky
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0070646 Hart Kentucky
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0102062 Henry Kentucky
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0071790 Hardin Kentucky
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0092871 Graves Kentucky 16 Oct 1972 Raymond Athey
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0026401 Decatur Tennessee
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0026396 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0026410 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0026400 Bledsoe Tennessee
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0026411 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0026394 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0026389 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0048706 Grayson Kentucky
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0112776 McNairy Tennessee
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0026405 Roane Tennessee
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0026388 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0080735 Muhlenberg Kentucky 14 Aug 1981
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0121243 Owen Kentucky
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0069605 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0121015 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0053573 Overton Tennessee
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
APSC0026409 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Eupatorium altissimum
HTTU003201 Carter Tennessee 20 Sep 2008 Mark McIntosh
80
HTTU
Eupatorium altissimum
HTTU029896 Marion Tennessee
HTTU
Eupatorium altissimum
MTSU021832 Rutherford Tennessee 06 Sep 1994 Terri Hogan
MTSU
Eupatorium altissimum
UOS00838 Coffee Tennessee 16 Sep 1996 Landon E. McKinney
UOS
Eupatorium altissimum
UOS00832 Franklin Tennessee 11 Oct 2006 Yolande M. Gottfried
UOS
Eupatorium altissimum
UOS00837 Franklin Tennessee 29 Sep 2006 Yolande M. Gottfried
UOS
Eupatorium altissimum
BRIT91379 Tennessee
VDB
Eupatorium altissimum
BRIT91383 Tennessee
VDB
Eupatorium altissimum
BRIT91425 Davidson Tennessee
VDB
Eupatorium altissimum
BRIT91428 Davidson Tennessee
VDB
Eupatorium altissimum
BRIT93544 Tennessee
VDB
Eupatorium altissimum
BRIT93546 Tennessee
VDB
Eupatorium altissimum
BRIT91387 Rutherford Tennessee
VDB
Eupatorium altissimum
BRIT93545 Tennessee
VDB
Eupatorium altissimum
BRIT93541 Tennessee
VDB
Eupatorium altissimum
BRIT91381 Tennessee
VDB
Eupatorium altissimum
BRIT93543 Tennessee
VDB
Eupatorium altissimum
BRIT91427 Davidson Tennessee
VDB
Eupatorium altissimum
BRIT93547 Tennessee
VDB
Eupatorium altissimum
BRIT91391 Rutherford Tennessee
VDB
Eupatorium altissimum
BRIT91384 Rutherford Tennessee
VDB
Eupatorium altissimum
BRIT93550 Tennessee
VDB
Eupatorium altissimum
ETSU009417 Unicoi Tennessee 25 Sep 2016 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Eupatorium altissimum
ETSU026692 Hawkins Tennessee 07 Sep 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
19848
ETSU
Eupatorium altissimum
ETSU012190 Unicoi Tennessee
14477
ETSU
Eupatorium altissimum
ETSU012188 Unicoi Tennessee
14826
ETSU
Eupatorium altissimum
ETSU026984 Hawkins Tennessee 18 Oct 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
191140
ETSU
Eupatorium altissimum
ETSU012189 Unicoi Tennessee
14822
ETSU
Eupatorium altissimum
N/A Hawkins Tennessee 18 Oct 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
ETSU
Eupatorium altissimum
ETSU026897 Hawkins Tennessee 05 Oct 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
191053
ETSU
Eupatorium altissimum
ETSU026874 Hawkins Tennessee 29 Sep 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
191030
ETSU
Eupatorium altissimum
N/A Hawkins Tennessee 05 Oct 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
ETSU
Eupatorium altissimum
MEM005249 Crittenden Kentucky 06 Sep 1970 Raymond Athey
1225
MEM
Eupatorium altissimum
MEM006533 Graves Kentucky 06 Oct 1972 Raymond Athey
2191
MEM
Eupatorium altissimum
MEM017699 Trigg Kentucky 14 Sep 1979 Raymond Athey
4470
MEM
Eupatorium altissimum
MEM007800 Livingston Kentucky 28 Sep 1971 Raymond Athey
1539
MEM
Eupatorium altissimum
BRIT91426 Davidson Tennessee
VDB
Eupatorium altissimum
BRIT91382 Tennessee
VDB
Eupatorium altissimum
BRIT91380 Tennessee
VDB
Eupatorium altissimum
BRIT91388 Rutherford Tennessee
VDB
Eupatorium altissimum
BRIT91385 Rutherford Tennessee
VDB
Eupatorium altissimum
BRIT91389 Rutherford Tennessee
VDB
Eupatorium altissimum
BRIT91429 Davidson Tennessee
VDB
Eupatorium altissimum
BRIT93542 Tennessee
VDB
Eupatorium altissimum
BRIT91430 Davidson Tennessee
VDB
Eupatorium altissimum
BRIT91378 Tennessee
VDB
Eupatorium altissimum
BRIT91386 Rutherford Tennessee
VDB
Eupatorium altissimum
N/A Hawkins Tennessee 29 Sep 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
ETSU
Eupatorium altissimum
N/A Hawkins Tennessee 07 Sep 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
ETSU
Eupatorium altissimum
BRIT91390 Rutherford Tennessee
VDB
Eupatorium altissimum
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