Vascular Plants of North Carolina
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Account for Eastern False-boneset - Brickellia eupatorioides var. eupatorioides   (L.) Shinners
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Author(L.) Shinners
DistributionWeakley (2024) does not consider there to be any varieties of this species now. Low Mountains, Piedmont, Sandhills, and southern Coastal Plain. Current gaps probably not real, given how easy it is to overlook this plant.

NJ to IN, south to central FL and southeastern TX.
AbundanceUncommon to common.
HabitatDry pine-oak-hickory woodlands and slopes, grassy openings in same, Longleaf Pine-Wiregrass uplands and flats in loamy sand soils.
PhenologyFlowering and fruiting July-October.
Identification"False-boneset" is apt, as this plant looks like a slender member of the genus Eupatorium, and is easily passed over. However, unlike all of them, it has alternate leaves. The heads produce only disk florets, which are ivory colored, not pure white as in Eupatorium.
Taxonomic CommentsA synonym is Kuhnia eupatorioides.

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B.A. SorrieSandhills Game Land, loamy sand soil. 1 Nov 2009. ScotlandPhoto_natural
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