Eutrochium steelei

Eutrochium steelei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Eupatorieae
Genus: Eutrochium
Species: E. steelei
Binomial name
Eutrochium steelei
(E.E.Lamont) E.E.Lamont 2004
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Eupatoriadelphus steelei (E.E.Lamont) G.J.Schmidt & E.E.Schill.
  • Eupatorium steelei E.E. Lamont 1990

Eutrochium steelei, known as Steele's eupatorium,[3] is a North American species of plants in the sunflower family. It is found only in the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States, in the States of Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Georgia.[4]

Eutrochium steelei is a perennial herb sometimes as much as 200 cm (78.5 in; 6.5 ft) tall. Stems are greenish-purple, not hollow. One plant can produce many small pink or purple flower heads, each head with 5-10 disc flowers but no ray flowers.[5]

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List, Eutrochium steelei (E.E.Lamont) E.E.Lamont
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Eupatorium steelei E.E. Lamont
  3. ↑ "Eutrochium steelei". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  4. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  5. ↑ Flora of North America, Eutrochium steelei (E. E. Lamont) E. E. Lamont, 2004.

External links

Wikiversity has bloom time data for Eupatorium steelei on the Bloom Clock


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