Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Asterales > Asteraceae > Eupatorium > Eupatorium capillifoliumEupatorium capillifolium (dogfennel)Synonyms: Artemisia capillifolia (heterotypic); Artemisia tenuifolia (heterotypic); Chrysocoma capillacea; Eupatorium capillifolium var. capillifolium; Eupatorium foeniculaceum; Eupatorium foeniculaceum var. foeniculaceum; Eupatorium foeniculaceum var. glabrum; Eupatorium foeniculaceum var. lateriflorum; Eupatorium foeniculaceum var. traganthes; Eupatorium foeniculoides; Mikania artemisioides; Traganthes tenuifolia Eupatorium capillifolium (dogfennel) is a North American perennial herbaceous plant in the family sunflower family, native to the eastern and south-central United States. It is generally between 50 cm and 2 meters tall with several stems that fork from a substantial base. The stems and base are covered in leaves so dissected that they resemble branching green threads coming out of the stem in fractal patterns. When crushed, the leaves and flowers smell rather unpleasant. |
Allergen Potential [1] | Medium-High | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Flower Type [2] | Hermaphrodite | Lifespan [2] | Perennial | Pollinators [2] | Insects, Lepidoptera | Structure [3] | Herb | Usage [2] | The plant is used as a strewing herb and to discourage insects; | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Height [2] | 9.84 feet (3 m) | View Plants For A Future Record : Eupatorium capillifolium |
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Assateague Island National Seashore |
II |
8621 |
Maryland, United States |
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Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area National Recreation Area |
V |
120283 |
Kentucky, Tennessee, United States |
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Canaveral National Seashore |
II |
9090 |
Florida, United States |
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Cape Lookout National Seashore |
II |
18379 |
North Carolina, United States |
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Carolinian-South Atlantic Biosphere Reserve |
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310228 |
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, United States |
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Central Gulf Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve |
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40530 |
United States |
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Colonial National Historic Park National Historical Park |
V |
9316 |
Virginia, United States |
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Everglades and Dry Tortugas Biosphere Reserve |
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Florida, United States |
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Fort Pulaski National Monument |
V |
4213 |
Georgia, United States |
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
II |
515454 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Gulf Island National Seashore |
II |
67487 |
Florida, Mississippi, United States |
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Little St. Simons Island |
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Georgia, United States |
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Moores Creek National Battlefield |
III |
100 |
North Carolina, United States |
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Oconee National Forest Botanical Reserve |
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306 |
Georgia, United States |
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Richmond National Battlefield Park |
III |
1517 |
Virginia, United States |
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Santee Coastal Reserve and Washo Reserve State Habitat Area |
IV |
20850 |
South Carolina, United States |
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South Atlantic Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve |
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20317 |
South Carolina, United States |
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Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve |
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37548505 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Tennessee River Gorge |
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Tennessee, United States |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000) ♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 ♦ 5Cosmosoma myrodora (Dyar) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae), Diego Moscoso, Rodrigo Diaz, William A. Overholt, Biological Control Research and Containment Laboratory, University of Florida, May 2013 |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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