Eupatorium novae-angliae

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New England thoroughwort
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Eupatorium
Species:
E. novae-angliae
Binomial name
Eupatorium novae-angliae
Synonyms [1] [2]
  • Eupatorium leucolepis var. novaeangliaeFern. 1937

Eupatorium novae-angliae, commonly called New England boneset, [1] New England justiceweed [3] or New England thoroughwort, [4] is a rare and endangered North American species in the sunflower family. It is found only in 4 counties in southern New England (Plymouth and Barnstable Counties in Massachusetts, plus Newport and Washington Counties in Rhode Island). [2] The species is listed as endangered species in both states. [4]

Specimens of Eupatorium novae-angliae have been collected for many years, classified by botanists as the more widespread species E. leucolepis , found from Long Island to Texas. More recent analysis of chromosomes reveals that the New England plants do not appear to be closely related to E. leucolepis.Eupatorium novae-angliae first formed as a hybrid between two other species, neither of them E. leucolepis. . [2] [5] [6] It is self-sustaining, rather than being found only where both parents are present, so various authors since 1992 have proposed treating it as a distinct species. [7] A formal renaming was published in 2005. [1] [8]

Eupatorium novae-angliae is a tall perennial sometimes over 3 feet (90 cm) tall. It has opposite, lance-shaped leaves, and flat-topped arrays of a large number of tiny flower heads. Each head has 5 white disc florets but no ray florets. [2]

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<i>Eupatorium sessilifolium</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Liatris novae-angliae</i> Species of plant

Liatris novae-angliae, commonly known as the New England blazing-star, is a species of flowering plant in the aster family, Asteraceae.

References

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  8. Arthur Haines & Bruce Alexander Sorie. 2005. Botanical Notes 11: 2.