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Photographer: Paul E. Berry
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Family Asteraceae
Eupatorium sessilifolium L. var. brittonianum Porter
upland boneset, woodland boneset
Eupatorium: from Greek name Mithridates Eupator, King of Pontus about 115BC who is said to have discovered an antidote to a commonly used poison in one of the species
sessilifolium: sessile-leaved
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| Status: | Special Concern |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 2'-5' tall forb with a single stem |
| Flower: | head with mostly 5 white flowers; inflorescence small, branched, widely-spaced clusters of heads; blooms Aug.-Sept. |
| Fruit: | dry seed on fluffy pappus |
| Leaf: | opposite, toothed, dotted with glands, base rounded, mostly stalkless but not clasping  |
| Habitat: | woods; in sandy, acidic soil |
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