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tall boneset

Eupatorium altissimum

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 Illinois.January 54, February 61, March 93, April 172, May 275, June 114, July 97, August 325, September 492, October 96, November 57, December 52.
United States7,384
Illinois1,850
Canada1,602
Ontario1,602
Michigan1,190
Ohio1,016
Wisconsin588
Kansas468
Indiana451
Missouri382

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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