False Boneset

False Boneset

Brickellia eupatorioides (L.) Shinners
(formerly Kuhnia eupatorioides L.)

Asteraceae (Aster Family)

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▲ mature, flowering plant

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▲ young plant

Brickellia eupatorioides (L.) Shinners (formerly Kuhnia eupatorioides L.), False Boneset: (Bayer Code: KUHEU; US Code BREU)

Native, creeping perennial spreading by rhizomes; has several stems arising from each plant base; grows 1-3 feet tall
Leaves are lanceolate to linear, with short petioles and toothed margins
Flowers are at tops and lateral branches of plants, cream colored 1/4 inch diameter head inflorescences; inflorescences more panicle-like, not dense, flat-topped clusters as with Eupatorium spp.
Tends to increase in overgrazed pastures, since less palatable as it matures
Similar species are the white-flowered Eupatorium spp:
- Tall Joepyeweed (Eupatorium altissimum) � has lanceolate leaves with toothed margins and dense, rounded to flat-topped terminal inflorescences
- Late Eupatorium (Eupatorium serotinum) � has narrow-triangluar leaves with toothed margins, and inflorescences are in dense, rounded to flat-topped terminal inflorescences

(Updated November 30, 2022)