Eupatorium mikanioides

Semaphore thoroughwort
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Eupatorieae
Genus: Eupatorium
Species: E. mikanioides
Binomial name
Eupatorium mikanioides
Chapm.

Eupatorium mikanioides, commonly called Semaphore thoroughwort, is a herbaceous perennial plant in Asteraceae native to Florida.[2] Like other members of the genus Eupatorium, it flowers with large numbers of small white heads, with disc florets but no ray florets.[3] It grows a half meter to one meter tall.[2]

It grows in wet to moist areas, and is salt-tolerant.[2]

References

  1. "Eupatorium mikanioides". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Eupatorium mikanioides". Flora of North America.
  3. "Eupatorium". Flora of North America.