Eupatorium perfoliatum

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Species Distribution Map
Family:ASTERACEAE
Species:Eupatorium perfoliatum L.
Common Name:Common Boneset; Common Thoroughwort
Habitat:Typically wet soils.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Common Boneset is a native herbaceous perennial in the Sunflower family (Asteraceae). It can be found throughout Alabama. Common Boneset occurs along streams and rivers, around ponds and lakes, in marshes and swamps, in low woods and pastures, and in wet roadside ditches. It is a perennial from a short caudex (a basal portion of the stem from which new growth is produced). Stems are from 2-6 feet in height and usually unbranched below flowering stems near the apex. The stems are pubescent, and green or reddish in color. The leaves are opposite, sessile, and connate-perfoliate (the bases of the leaves wrap around the stem and merge). Leaves are oblong in outline, with serrate margins, and are pubescent and gland dotted on the lower surface. Flowers are produced in heads. The heads are arranged in corymbs. Each head contains 7-11 white disc flowers. The fruit is an achene. Common Boneset is commonly available from native plant nurseries. It prefers a moist to wet soil high in organic matter. Plants flower best in full to partial sun. Common Boneset is a larval food plant for several moth species including: Haploa clymene (Clymene Moth), Papaipema cataphracta (Burdock Borer Moth), Schinia trifascia (Three-Lined Flower Moth), and Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria (Blackberry Looper Moth). Common Boneset is known to hybridize with other Eupatorium species, including E. serotinum (the hybrids is E. ×truncatum Muhlenberg ex Willdenow). Common Boneset is used in herbal medicines for breaking fevers and to induce heavy sweating.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FACW+ (NWI)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyASTERACEAE - Aster family
Genus Eupatorium
Species Eupatorium perfoliatum L. - Common Boneset; Common Thoroughwort

Citation

Citation Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 838–839. 1753.
Basionym: **
Type: USA: VIRGINIA: Without data, Kalm s.n. (lectotype: LINN 978.13). Lectotypified by J.L. Reveal et al., Huntia 7: 222. 1987.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Cunigunda perfoliata Cunigunda perfoliata (Linnaeus) Lunell, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 5: 35. 1917.Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus 1753. 
Eupatorium chapmanii Eupatorium chapmanii Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 1168, 1338. 1903. FLORIDA: Without data, Chapman s.n. (holotype: NY).
Eupatorium connatum Eupatorium connatum Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 99. 1803, nom. illegit.Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus 1753. 
Eupatorium perfoliatum var. colpophilum Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus, var. colpophilum Fernald, Rhodora 37: 182. 1935. CANADA: Quebec: Montmagny Co.: Berthier, 13 Aug 1925, Rousseau 21300 (holotype: GH).
Eupatorium perfoliatum var. cuneatum Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus, var. cuneatum Engelmann ex A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 100. 1884.  
Uncasia perfoliata Uncasia perfoliata (Linnaeus) Greene, Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 13. 1903.Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus 1753. 

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; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Cleburne, Coffee, Colbert, Conecuh, Coosa, Crenshaw, Dale, Dallas, DeKalb, Etowah, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jackson, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Lowndes, Madison, Marengo, Marshall, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Pike, Randolph, Shelby, St. Clair, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Washington, Winston

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1897 - 1995

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
JSU110807 Etowah 27 Aug 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
3237		 JSU
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
TROY000001987 Dale 14 Sep 1999 Pennington, Tiffany
142		 TROY
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
JSU110806 DeKalb 5 Oct 1968 Stiefel, K.M.
s.n.		 JSU
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
ALNHS00000662 Monroe 05 Oct 2011 Barger, T. Wayne
RH-425		 ALNHS
Eupatorium perfoliatum L.
SAMF0005366 Cherokee 22 Sep 2009 Davenport, Lawrence J.
4049		 SAMF
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
UWAL0015522 Autauga 05 Oct 2014 Keener, Brian R.
8655		 UWAL
Eupatorium perfoliatum L.
JSU110818 Randolph 24 Jun 1986 Nixon, Christopher F.
2252		 JSU
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
UWAL0019889 Morgan 09 Sep 1989 Kral, Robert
77064		 UWAL
Eupatorium perfoliatum L.
UWAL0051310 Clay 02 Oct 1969 Dean, Blanche E.
296		 UWAL
Eupatorium perfoliatum
AUA000003705 Bullock 28 Sep 2003 Diamond, Alvin R.
14192		 AUA
Eupatorium Perfoliatum L.
TROY000001988 Montgomery 19 Sep 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14711		 TROY
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
UWAL0017558 Marengo 10 Aug 2013 England, J. Kevin
4465		 UWAL
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
AUA000003704 Baldwin 10 Sep 1970 Moore, Harold D.
1054		 AUA
Eupatorium Perfoliatum L.
SAMF0005365 St. Clair 23 Sep 2014 Davenport, Lawrence J.
5680		 SAMF
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
UWAL0002759 Montgomery 14 Oct 2010 Diamond, Alvin R.
21655		 UWAL
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
AUA000003714 Limestone 17 Oct 1957 Gillespie, J.P.
837		 AUA
Eupatorium Perfoliatum L.
AUA000003706 Choctaw 25 Aug 1994 Crouch, Virginia E.
1167		 AUA
Eupatorium Perfoliatum L.
UNA00047318 Hale 09 Sep 1979 Nieland, David L.
21		 UNA
Eupatorium perfoliatum L.
JSU110679 Clay 23 Aug 1992 Ballard, J. Mark
528		 JSU
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
AUA000042029 Bullock 20 Jun 2016 Barger, T. Wayne
WLE-33		 AUA
Eupatorium Perfoliatum L.
TROY000048213 Lowndes 14 Oct 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28555		 TROY
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
UNA00073735 Colbert 11 Oct 2013 England, J. Kevin
4638		 UNA
Eupatorium perfoliatum L.
UWAL0039572 Autauga 01 Sep 2016 Parker, Matthew R.
40		 UWAL
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
JSU110814 Marshall 25 Sep 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
3127		 JSU
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
TROY000038424 Pike 12 Sep 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24541		 TROY
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
JSU144092 Calhoun 16 Oct 1992 Hutchinson, Francine
1115		 JSU
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
JSU110803 Cleburne 6 Sep 1974 Atkinson, Tim A.
786		 JSU
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
TROY000020705 Cleburne 17 Sep 2005 Kral, Robert
96820		 TROY
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
JSU110675 Calhoun 5 Sep 1987 Lawler, Carol L.
1656		 JSU
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
UNA00054522 Blount 06 Sep 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1614		 UNA
Eupatorium perfoliatum L.
AUA000003713 Hale 8 Sep 1970 Moore, Harold D.
883		 AUA
Eupatorium Perfoliatum L.
JSU110817 Randolph 24 Jun 1986 Nixon, Christopher F.
2252		 JSU
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
UWAL0012775 Lawrence 13 Sep 2013 England, J. Kevin
4514		 UWAL
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
JSU110674 Calhoun 2 Sep 1982 Whetstone, R. David
12039		 JSU
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
TROY000033508 Barbour 24 Sep 2011 Ryan, Lauren
96		 TROY
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
AMAL00021280 Dallas 24 Aug 2010 Barger, T. Wayne
OC-605		 AMAL
Eupatorium perfoliatum L.
UNA00027309 Lee 27 Mar 1897 Unknown
s.n.		 UNA
Eupatorium perfoliatum L.
JSU110820 St. Clair 3 Sep 1982 Whetstone, R. David
12130		 JSU
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
TROY000040917 Lawrence 15 Sep 2013 England, J. Kevin
4536		 TROY
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
AUA000003709 Coffee 18 Oct 1975 Maddox, William K.
141		 AUA
Eupatorium Perfoliatum L.
JSU110804 Cleburne 6 Sep 1974 Atkinson, Tim A.
786		 JSU
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
UWAL0039357 Autauga 29 Sep 2016 Parker, Matthew R.
124		 UWAL
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
UNA00047317 Hale 07 Sep 1952 Chermock, Ralph L.
s.n.		 UNA
Eupatorium perfoliatum L.
AUA000003712 Fayette 10 Sep 1980 Freeman, John D.
21		 AUA
Eupatorium Perfoliatum L.
JSU110680 Clay 23 Aug 1992 Ballard, J. Mark
547		 JSU
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
UWAL0017433 Colbert 11 Oct 2013 England, J. Kevin
4638		 UWAL
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
TROY000044632 Autauga 01 Sep 2016 Parker, Matthew R.
40		 TROY
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
JSU110821 Washington 1 Nov 1997 Higginbotham, Jerri W.
372		 JSU
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
TROY000015311 Butler 12 Oct 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
18526		 TROY
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
UWAL0046389 Autauga 03 Nov 2016 Parker, Matthew R.
239		 UWAL
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
JSU110815 Marshall 7 Aug 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
2575		 JSU
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
TROY000049206 Colbert 11 Oct 2013 England, J. Kevin
4638		 TROY
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
JSU110808 Jackson 21 Sep 1997 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10003		 JSU
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
JSU110805 Cleburne 6 Sep 1974 Atkinson, Tim A.
786		 JSU
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
TROY000001985 Bullock 28 Sep 2003 Diamond, Alvin R.
14192		 TROY
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
UNA00025279 Tuscaloosa 04 Sep 1995 Ginzbarg, Steven L.
999		 UNA
Eupatorium perfoliatum L.
AUA000003703 Autauga 7 Sep 1970 Moore, Harold D.
824		 AUA
Eupatorium Perfoliatum L.
JSU110802 Cleburne 28 Sep 1992 Ballard, J. Mark
657		 JSU
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
UWAL0012834 Lawrence 15 Sep 2013 England, J. Kevin
4536		 UWAL
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
TROY000048811 Autauga 03 Nov 2016 Parker, Matthew R.
239		 TROY
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
JSU110678 Choctaw 13 Sep 1997 Higginbotham, Jerri W.
243		 JSU
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
TROY000049215 Marengo 10 Aug 2013 England, J. Kevin
4465		 TROY
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
SAMF0005367 Shelby 28 Sep 1988 Collier, Stephen
81		 SAMF
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
UNA00047319 Madison 03 Sep 1979 Meigs, Russell A.
257		 UNA
Eupatorium perfoliatum L.
JSU110812 Limestone 3 Aug 1996 Whetstone, R. David
18315		 JSU
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
TROY000043567 Lawrence 13 Sep 2013 England, J. Kevin
4514		 TROY
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
AMAL00018065 Cleburne 17 Sep 2005 Kral, Robert
96820		 AMAL
Eupatorium perfoliatum L.
UWAL0013833 Pike 12 Sep 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24541		 UWAL
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
AUA000003711 Crenshaw 16 Oct 1996 Diamond, Alvin R.
10610		 AUA
Eupatorium Perfoliatum L.
TROY000045723 Autauga 29 Sep 2016 Parker, Matthew R.
124		 TROY
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
AUA000003707 Choctaw 25 Aug 1994 Crouch, Virginia E.
1167		 AUA
Eupatorium Perfoliatum L.
UNA00047316 Winston 18 Sep 1969 Kral, Robert
36997		 UNA
Eupatorium perfoliatum L.
JSU110677 Cherokee 2 Sep 1997 Ballard, J. Mark
7608		 JSU
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
AUA000042597 Colbert 19 Nov 2013 Barger, T. Wayne
FH201		 AUA
Eupatorium Perfoliatum L.
UNA00024154 Tuscaloosa 06 Oct 1977 Bodkin, C.
135		 UNA
Eupatorium perfoliatum L.
UWAL0052388 Walker 18 Aug 2017 Keener, Brian R.
10414		 UWAL
Eupatorium perfoliatum L.
UWAL0036489 Greene 28 Oct 2017 England, J. Kevin
8620		 UWAL
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
JSU110809 Jackson 20 Aug 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
1297		 JSU
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
UNA00047320 Montgomery 24 Sep 1978 Davenport, Lawrence J.
877		 UNA
Eupatorium perfoliatum L.
JSU110801 Cleburne 1 Oct 1995 Hruska, Susan E.
1418		 JSU
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
UWAL0013524 Bullock 12 Oct 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1383		 UWAL
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
UWAL0015120 Pike 12 Sep 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
24541		 UWAL
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
AMAL00019250 Calhoun 29 Oct 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
3459		 AMAL
Eupatorium perfoliatum L.
TROY000038083 Bullock 14 Sep 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1231		 TROY
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
JSU110819 St. Clair 9 Sep 1983 Whetstone, R. David
13749		 JSU
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
UWAL0035061 Morgan 22 Oct 2016 England, J. Kevin
6940		 UWAL
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
JSU110813 Madison 22 Sep 1995 Whetstone, R. David
s.n.		 JSU
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
UNA00050976 Chilton 26 Sep 1995 Birk, Michelle
466		 UNA
Eupatorium perfoliatum L.
UWAL0032765 Clarke 11 Oct 2015 Keener, Brian R.
9303		 UWAL
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
AUA000003708 Cleburne 11 Sep 1975 Rutland, David W.
1471		 AUA
Eupatorium Perfoliatum L.
TROY000001986 Crenshaw 30 Sep 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14765		 TROY
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
JSU110673 Baldwin 1 Sep 1997 Brodeur, Kristin R.
095		 JSU
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
UNA00048691 Fayette 22 Sep 1981 Davenport, Lawrence J.
2163		 UNA
Eupatorium perfoliatum L.
JSU110811 Jefferson 28 Aug 1985 Barber, J. Patrick
1752		 JSU
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
UWAL0015049 Bullock 14 Sep 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1231		 UWAL
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
AUA000028967 Clarke 15 May 2013 Horne, Howard E.
SWS-238		 AUA
Eupatorium Perfoliatum L.
AMAL00009983 DeKalb 24 Oct 1992 Ballard, J. Mark
809		 AMAL
Eupatorium perfoliatum L.
TROY000036235 Bullock 12 Oct 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1383		 TROY
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
JSU110676 Calhoun 1 Oct 1982 Whetstone, R. David
12638		 JSU
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
UWAL0049987 Lowndes 14 Oct 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28555		 UWAL
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
JSU110816 Randolph 28 Jul 1988 Nixon, Christopher F.
4141		 JSU
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
UWAL0000638 Cleburne 17 Sep 2005 Kral, Robert
96820		 UWAL
Eupatorium perfoliatum L.
UWAL0033614 Choctaw 09 Oct 2016 Keener, Brian R.
9815		 UWAL
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
AUA000003710 Coosa 10 Sep 1975 Rutland, David W.
1298		 AUA
Eupatorium Perfoliatum L.
TROY000015783 Conecuh 30 Oct 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
20378		 TROY
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
UWAL0044147 Baldwin 20 Sep 1995 Larsen, Harry S.
158		 UWAL
Eupatorium perfoliatum L.
JSU110810 Jackson 30 Aug 1997 Ballard, J. Mark
7425		 JSU
Eupatorium perfoliatum Linnaeus
UWAL0000639 Conecuh 30 Oct 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
20378		 UWAL
Eupatorium perfoliatum L.
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