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white boneset

Eupatorium album

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Jersey.January 17, February 16, March 19, April 34, May 58, June 20, July 17, August 20, September 27, October 31, November 17, December 16.
United States2,335
New Jersey292
North Carolina281
Georgia210
Virginia209
Maryland180
South Carolina153
Mississippi151
Alabama124
Louisiana113

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderSunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales
FamilySunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae
Genusbonesets · Eupatorium

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise white boneset with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.