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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Asteraceae
Kuhnia eupatorioides L. var. corymbulosa Torr. & A.Gray
false boneset
Kuhnia: for Dr. Adam Kuhn, who carried the living plant to Linneaus
eupatorioides: resembling Eupatorium from Greek meaning "good-father" from Mithridates Eupator (132-63 B.C.)
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 1'-4' tall forb with many hairy stems |
| Flower: | head 1/3"-1/2" long with white to cream disk flowers, no rays; inflorescence small, branched, flat-topped cluster at the ends of the branches; blooms Aug.-Oct. |
| Fruit: | dry seed on bright-white, fluffy pappus |
| Leaf: | toothed, underside dotted with glands |
| Habitat: | full sun; dry to moderate moisture; prairies, woods; in limy, sandy, loamy, gravelly soil |
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