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| Photo by Guy Anglin, Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae ⁄ Compositae |
| Genus: | Eupatorium |
| Species: | E. semiserratum |
| Binomial name | |
| Eupatorium semiserratum DC. | |
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| Natural range of Eupatorium semiserratum from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common name: smallflower thoroughwort
Contents
Taxonomic notes
Synonym: Eupatorium cuneifolium var. semiserratum (A.P. de Candolle) Fernald & Griscom
Description
A description of Eupatorium semiserratum is provided in The Flora of North America.
Distribution
Ecology
It has well-documented anticancer activities against various human cancer cell lines.[1]
Habitat
It is found in live oak hammocks, between floodplain swamps and powerline corridors, in depressions in flatwoods, Longleaf pine-wiregrass savannas, pine flatwoods, scrub oak, banks of rivers, edges of cypress depressions, and in wet drainages on open wooded slopes (FSU Herbarium). It is also found in human disturbed habitats such as roadside ditches and depressions, powerline corridors, and in areas that have been clear cut and plowed (FSU Herbarium).
Associated species include Pinus taeda, P. palutris, P. elliottii, Serenoa repens, Taxodium distichum, Liquidambar styraciflua, Eupatorium pilosum, E. semiserratum, E. recurvans, E. leucolepis, E. cuneifolium, E. mohrii, E. scabridum (FSU Herbarium).
Phenology
It has been observed flowering from August to October (FSU Herbarium).
Conservation and Management
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: Robert K. Godfrey, Richard D. Houk, Loran C. Anderson, Victoria I. Sullivan, Kurt E. Blum, R. L. Lazor, R. Kral, Gary R. Knight, J. P. Gillespie, John Lazor, Paul L. Redfearn, Jr., S. C. Hood, R. A. Norris, R. F. Doren, and Annie Schmidt. States and Counties: Florida: Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Liberty, Nassau, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton, and Washington. Georgia: Atkinson, Baker, and Thomas.
- ↑ Kintzios, S. E. (2007). "Terrestrial plant-derived anticancer agents and plant species used in anticancer research." Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences 25: 79-113.
