Eupatorium amabile

Eupatorium amabile
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Eupatorium
Species:	E. amabile
Binomial name
	Eupatorium amabile; Kitamura

Eupatorium amabile is a shrubby plant in the family Asteraceae native China and Taiwan.

Eupatorium amabile is a shrub that grows about 1 m tall, with more or less upright stems and slender branches that are densely glandular-villous near their ends. The 9–12 cm long and 4–3.5 cm wide leaves are medium green and pale green underneath, ovate or ovate-oblong in shape. The leaves have rounded bases and the margins are mucronate-serrate, and the apex is long acuminate. Terminal corymbs with 9–15 flowers are produced with flowers that have whitish Pappus. The black achenes are 2.5 mm long and sparsely covered with villous hairs.^[1]

References[edit]

^ "Asteraceae Tribe Eupatorieae [Draft]". Archived from the original on 2007-05-05. Retrieved 2008-08-16.

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[1] "Asteraceae Tribe Eupatorieae [Draft]". Archived from the original on 2007-05-05. Retrieved 2008-08-16.

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