Eupatorium mikanioides

Eupatorium mikanioides, commonly called semaphore thoroughwort, is a herbaceous perennial plant in Asteraceae found only in the US state of Florida.[3][4]

Eupatorium mikanioides

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Eupatorium
Species:
E. mikanioides
Binomial name
Eupatorium mikanioides
Synonyms[2]
  • Uncasia mikanioides (Chapm.) Greene
  • Eupatorium crassifolium Shuttlew. ex A.Gray 1884 not Raf. 1817

Like other members of the genus Eupatorium, it produces large numbers of small white flower heads, each head with 5 disc florets but no ray florets.[5] It grows a half meter to one meter tall.[3]

It grows in wet to moist areas, and is salt-tolerant.[3]

References
  1. "Eupatorium mikanioides". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
  2. The Plant List, Eupatorium mikanioides Chapm.
  3. "Eupatorium mikanioides". Flora of North America.
  4. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  5. "Eupatorium". Flora of North America.
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