Eupatorium novae-angliae

Short description: Species of flowering plant

New England thoroughwort

Scientific classification
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

(Fernald) V.Sullivan ex A.Haines & Sorie 2005[1][2]

Synonyms[1][2]

* Eupatorium leucolepis var. novaeangliae Fern. 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 family Asteraceae. 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]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The International Plant Names Index
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Eupatorium leucolepis". Flora of North America. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066737.
3. ↑ "Eupatorium novae-angliae". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=EUNO. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Go Botany, New England Wildflower Society, Eupatorium novae-angliae, New England thoroughwort includes photos, ecological information, description, distribution map
5. ↑ Schilling, Edward E.; Leblond, Richard J.; Sorrie, Bruce A.; Weakley, Alan S. (2007). "Relationships Of The New England Boneset, Eupatorium Novae-Angliae (Asteraceae)". Rhodora 109 (938): 145. doi:10.3119/0035-4902(2007)109[145:ROTNEB2.0.CO;2].
6. ↑ "Eupatorium leucolepis var. novae-angliae Fern., Taxonomic Serial number 528112". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=528112.
7. ↑ Ted Elliman (2001). "Eupatorium leucolepis (DC.) T. & G. var. novae-angliae Fern.: New England Boneset Conservation and Research Plan for New England". New England Wild Flower Society. http://www.newenglandwildflower.org/pdf/Eupatoriumleucolepis.pdf.
8. ↑ Arthur Haines & Bruce Alexander Sorie. 2005. Botanical Notes 11: 2.

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