Eupatorium leucolepis

Classification	Dicots
Family	Asteraceae
Family (Traditional)	Asteraceae
Genus	Eupatorium
Species:	Eupatorium leucolepis (DC.) Torr. & A. Gray
Common Name	Justiceweed; White Bracted Thoroughwort
Growth Habit	forb
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: BE; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Mesic-Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; 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	7
Status	Native; AGCP (FACW), EMP (FACW) (NWPL); TN[S1] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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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 - 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

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation
Eupatorium glaucescens var. leucolepis	Eupatorium glaucescens var. leucolepis DC.

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: Christian (KY), Coffee (TN), Hamilton (TN), Putnam (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, HTTU, TENN, UCHT, UOS, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1955 - 1996

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
TENN-V-0211828	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Eupatorium leucolepis
TENN-V-0211831	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Eupatorium leucolepis
APSC0025792	Coffee	Tennessee	07 Aug 1955	Hal DeSelm	APSC Eupatorium leucolepis
BRIT92398		Tennessee			VDB Eupatorium leucolepis
APSC0067586	Coffee	Tennessee	18 Sep 1996	R. Kral	APSC Eupatorium leucolepis
APSC0120874	Coffee	Tennessee			APSC Eupatorium leucolepis
BRIT92397		Tennessee			VDB Eupatorium leucolepis
HTTU003242	Putnam	Tennessee			HTTU Eupatorium leucolepis
UOS00851	Coffee	Tennessee		Douglas E. Kennemore, Jr.	UOS Eupatorium leucolepis
TENN-V-0211829	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Eupatorium leucolepis
TENN-V-0211830	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Eupatorium leucolepis
TENN-V-0211832	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Eupatorium leucolepis
HTTU003243	Putnam	Tennessee			HTTU Eupatorium leucolepis
BRIT92399		Tennessee			VDB Eupatorium leucolepis
UCHT041658	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Eupatorium leucolepis

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Eupatorium leucolepis

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