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The genus ''Eupatorium'' honors a first century Greek king who discovered an antidote to a poison derived from this family<ref name=SCNPS">[[http://scnps.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Dog-Fennel.pdf South Carolina Native Plant Society]]Accessed: December 11, 2015</ref>.
 
The genus ''Eupatorium'' honors a first century Greek king who discovered an antidote to a poison derived from this family<ref name=SCNPS">[[http://scnps.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Dog-Fennel.pdf South Carolina Native Plant Society]]Accessed: December 11, 2015</ref>.
 
 
==Description==  
 
==Description==  
 
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It is a short lived perennial with glabrous stems that reaches around 1 to 2 meters tall <ref name="Inaturalist">[[https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/162792-Eupatorium-leptophyllum]]Accessed: December 11, 2015</ref>. The young stems have few hairs and the leaves are finely divided<ref name="SWF">[[https://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/files/database/site_file_sets/2109/FieldIdentificationGuide2008_2015_Printing.pdf]] Accessed: December 7, 2015</ref>.
 
It is a short lived perennial with glabrous stems that reaches around 1 to 2 meters tall <ref name="Inaturalist">[[https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/162792-Eupatorium-leptophyllum]]Accessed: December 11, 2015</ref>. The young stems have few hairs and the leaves are finely divided<ref name="SWF">[[https://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/files/database/site_file_sets/2109/FieldIdentificationGuide2008_2015_Printing.pdf]] Accessed: December 7, 2015</ref>.
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Associated species include ''Cladium jamaicense, E. capillifolium, E. compositifolium, Eleocharis robbinsii, Fuirena pumila, Habeneria repens, Triadenum virginicum, Ludwigia, Rhynchospora, Xyris. Bidens, Sagittaria, Nuphar, Polygonum pensylvaticum. Hypericum, Ilex myrtifolia,'' and ''Nyssa biflora'' (FSU Herbarium)
 
Associated species include ''Cladium jamaicense, E. capillifolium, E. compositifolium, Eleocharis robbinsii, Fuirena pumila, Habeneria repens, Triadenum virginicum, Ludwigia, Rhynchospora, Xyris. Bidens, Sagittaria, Nuphar, Polygonum pensylvaticum. Hypericum, Ilex myrtifolia,'' and ''Nyssa biflora'' (FSU Herbarium)
 
 
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Have been observed flowering from August to November (FSU Herbarium).
 
Have been observed flowering from August to November (FSU Herbarium).
 
 
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The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of ''Eupatorium leptophyllum'' at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):
 
The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of ''Eupatorium leptophyllum'' at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):
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==Conservation and management==
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==Cultivation and restoration==
 
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==Photo Gallery==
 
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File: Eupatorium leptophyllum2-Wayne Matchett SpaceCoastWildfl.jpg | <center> Flowers of ''Eupatorium'' ''leptophyllum'' <p> Photo by Wayne Matchett, [http://www.spacecoastwildflowers.com  SpaceCoastWildflowers.com] </p>
 
File: Eupatorium leptophyllum2-Wayne Matchett SpaceCoastWildfl.jpg | <center> Flowers of ''Eupatorium'' ''leptophyllum'' <p> Photo by Wayne Matchett, [http://www.spacecoastwildflowers.com  SpaceCoastWildflowers.com] </p>
  
File: Eupa lept1-WM.jpg | <center> Flowers of ''Eupatorium'' ''leptophyllum'' <p> Photo by Wayne Matchett, [http://www.spacecoastwildflowers.com  SpaceCoastWildflowers.com] </p>
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File: Eupa lept1-WM.jpg | <center> Flowers of ''Eupatorium'' ''leptophyllum'' <p> Photo by Wayne Matchett, [http://www.spacecoastwildflowers.com  SpaceCoastWildflowers.com] </p><p>
 
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==References and notes==
 
==References and notes==
 
Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.
 
Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.
  
 
Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: [http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu]. Last accessed: October 2015.  Collectors: Loran Anderson, Wm. G. Atwater, Wilson Baker, H.A. Davis,  J.P. Gillespie, R.K. Godfrey, R.D. Houk, C. Jackson, Anne Johnson, Robert L. Lazor, Holly Maurushat, Sidney McDaniel, R.E. Perdue,  Paul O. Schallert, and Cecil R. Slaughter. States and Counties: Florida: Bay, Dade, Dixie, Franklin, Gilchrist, Jackson, Lake, Leon, Madison, Marion, Nassau,  Okaloosa, Putnam, Seminole, Suwannee, Taylor, Volusia, Wakulla, Walton, Washington. Georgia: Baker.
 
Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: [http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu]. Last accessed: October 2015.  Collectors: Loran Anderson, Wm. G. Atwater, Wilson Baker, H.A. Davis,  J.P. Gillespie, R.K. Godfrey, R.D. Houk, C. Jackson, Anne Johnson, Robert L. Lazor, Holly Maurushat, Sidney McDaniel, R.E. Perdue,  Paul O. Schallert, and Cecil R. Slaughter. States and Counties: Florida: Bay, Dade, Dixie, Franklin, Gilchrist, Jackson, Lake, Leon, Madison, Marion, Nassau,  Okaloosa, Putnam, Seminole, Suwannee, Taylor, Volusia, Wakulla, Walton, Washington. Georgia: Baker.

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Eupatorium leptophyllum
Eupa lept.jpg
Photo by Dennis Girard, Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae ⁄ Umbelliferae
Genus: Eupatorium
Species: E. leptophyllum
Binomial name
Eupatorium leptophyllum
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Eupa lept dist.jpg
Natural range of Eupatorium leptophyllum from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: false fennel

Taxonomic notes

Synonym: Eupatorium capillifolium var. leptophyllum (A.P. de Candolle) H.E. Ahles

The genus Eupatorium honors a first century Greek king who discovered an antidote to a poison derived from this family[1].

Description

A description of Eupatorium leptophyllum is provided in The Flora of North America.

It is a short lived perennial with glabrous stems that reaches around 1 to 2 meters tall [2]. The young stems have few hairs and the leaves are finely divided[3].

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

It is found in wet areas, shallow water and at the edges of ponds [2]. Occurs wet, peaty soil such as in cypress ponds, along the shores of the ponds, floating islands in the ponds, wet peaty depression, mixed pine and oak forests (FSU Herbarium). Also, they are found in human disturbed areas such as roadsides, near artificial ponds,and weedy fields (FSU Herbarium).

Associated species include Cladium jamaicense, E. capillifolium, E. compositifolium, Eleocharis robbinsii, Fuirena pumila, Habeneria repens, Triadenum virginicum, Ludwigia, Rhynchospora, Xyris. Bidens, Sagittaria, Nuphar, Polygonum pensylvaticum. Hypericum, Ilex myrtifolia, and Nyssa biflora (FSU Herbarium)

Phenology

Have been observed flowering from August to November (FSU Herbarium).

Pollination

The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Eupatorium leptophyllum at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):

Halictidae: Lasioglossum nymphalis, L. placidensis

Conservation and management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.

Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: October 2015. Collectors: Loran Anderson, Wm. G. Atwater, Wilson Baker, H.A. Davis, J.P. Gillespie, R.K. Godfrey, R.D. Houk, C. Jackson, Anne Johnson, Robert L. Lazor, Holly Maurushat, Sidney McDaniel, R.E. Perdue, Paul O. Schallert, and Cecil R. Slaughter. States and Counties: Florida: Bay, Dade, Dixie, Franklin, Gilchrist, Jackson, Lake, Leon, Madison, Marion, Nassau, Okaloosa, Putnam, Seminole, Suwannee, Taylor, Volusia, Wakulla, Walton, Washington. Georgia: Baker.

  1. [South Carolina Native Plant Society]Accessed: December 11, 2015
  2. 2.0 2.1 [[1]]Accessed: December 11, 2015
  3. [[2]] Accessed: December 7, 2015