Eupatorium mikanioides
| Semaphore thoroughwort | |
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| 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. | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Eupatorium mikanioides, commonly called Semaphore thoroughwort, is a herbaceous perennial plant in Asteraceae found only in the US State of Florida.[3][4]
Like other members of the genus Eupatorium, it produces large numbers of small white flower heads, each head with 5 disc florets but no ray florets.[5] It grows a half meter to one meter tall.[3]
It grows in wet to moist areas, and is salt-tolerant.[3]
References
- ↑ "Eupatorium mikanioides". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
- ↑ The Plant List, Eupatorium mikanioides Chapm.
- 1 2 3 "Eupatorium mikanioides". Flora of North America.
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ↑ "Eupatorium". Flora of North America.
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