Eupatorium leptophyllum

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Family:ASTERACEAE
Species:Eupatorium leptophyllum DC.
Common Name:False Fennel; Limesink Dog Fennel
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Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
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Plant Notes:Limesink Dog Fennel is a native herbaceous perennial in the Sunflower family. It can be found in the southern tier of counties. Limesink Dog Fennel occurs in depression ponds, around gum or pond cypress ponds, and around water filled limesinks. It is a perennial from a short rhizome. Stems are solitary from each root stock, 1-4 feet in height, branched above the middle, glabrous, gland dotted, and green in color. Leaves are opposite or alternate, sessile or short petiolate, pinnately or ternately lobed, and gland dotted. The segments of the leaf are linear, 1-nerved, with entire margins. Short axillary branches often occur in the axils of the leaves and may make the leaves appear whorled at first glance. All parts of the plant are aromatic when crushed. Flowers are produced in heads. The heads are arranged in recurved panicles. Each head has 5 white disc flowers. The fruit is an achene with white pappus bristles. Limesink Dog Fennel is not related to the herb Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.) which is a member of the Carrot family (Apiaceae). Limesink Dog Fennel contains toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids which can damage the liver if the plant is consumed. Limesink Dog Fennel is sometimes utilized as a “strewing herb” to repel insects.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FAC+ (NWI)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyASTERACEAE - Aster family
Genus Eupatorium
Species Eupatorium leptophyllum DC. - False Fennel; Limesink Dog Fennel

Citation

Citation Eupatorium leptophyllum A.P. de Candolle, Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 5: 176. 1836.
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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Eupatorium foeniculaceum var. glabrum Eupatorium foeniculaceum Willdenow, var. glabrum Torrey & A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 2: 83. 1841.Eupatorium leptophyllum de Candolle 1836. 
Traganthes leptophylla Traganthes leptophylla (de Candolle) Greene, Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 13. 1903.  
Eupatorium capillifolium var. leptophyllum Eupatorium capillifolium (Lamarck) Small, var. leptophyllum (de Candolle) Ahles, J. Elisha Mithchell Sci. Soc. 80: 173. 1964, nom. illegit.Eupatorium foeniculaceum Willdenow, var. glabrum Torrey & A. Gray 1841; Eupatorium leptophyllum de Candolle 1836. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Covington, Geneva, Houston

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
JSU110664 Geneva 18 Oct 1977 Kral, Robert
61143		 JSU
Eupatorium leptophyllum A.P. de Candolle
AMAL00002956 Covington 13 Nov 1999 MacDonald, John R.
13692		 AMAL
Eupatorium leptophyllum DC.
AMAL00002958 Houston 16 Sep 2000 Kral, Robert
90351		 AMAL
Eupatorium leptophyllum DC
UWAL0048290 Covington 19 Sep 2019 Schotz, Alfred
2223		 UWAL
Eupatorium leptophyllum DC.
ALNHS00001433 Covington 27 Sep 2012 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#847		 ALNHS
Eupatorium leptophyllum DC.
AMAL00020207 Covington 27 Sep 2012 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#847		 AMAL
Eupatorium leptophyllum DC
UNA00056228 Geneva 19 Sep 1998 MacDonald, John R.
12051		 UNA
Eupatorium leptophyllum DC.
UNA00072279 Covington 27 Sep 2012 Barger, T. Wayne
847		 UNA
Eupatorium leptophyllum DC.
ALNHS00003263 Covington 2 Oct 2014 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1523		 ALNHS
Eupatorium leptophyllum DC.
AUA_ACC_47446 Covington 3 Oct 1987 Diamond, Alvin R.
3690		 AUA
Eupatorium Leptophyllum Dc.
TROY000049022 Covington 22 Sep 2019 Diamond, Alvin R.
29107		 TROY
Eupatorium leptophyllum A.P. de Candolle
ALNHS00000034 Houston 09 Oct 1994 MacDonald, J.R.
7893		 ALNHS
Eupatorium leptophyllum DC.
TROY000044984 Geneva 28 Sep 2017 Byrd, Cameron
1576		 TROY
Eupatoriu leptophyllum A.P. de Candolle
TROY000001972 Covington 13 Nov 1999 MacDonald, John R.
13692		 TROY
Eupatorium leptophyllum A.P. de Candolle
TROY000041844 Covington 26 Sep 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25571		 TROY
Eupatorium leptophyllum A.P. de Candolle
UWAL0030648 Covington 18 Oct 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26940		 UWAL
Eupatorium leptophyllum AP de Candolle
JSU110665 Houston 9 Oct 1994 MacDonald, John R.
7893		 JSU
Eupatorium leptophyllum A.P. de Candolle
TROY000015307 Covington 13 Nov 1992 MacDonald, John R.
13692		 TROY
Eupatorium leptophyllum A.P. de Candolle
UWAL0017991 Covington 26 Sep 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25571		 UWAL
Eupatorium leptophyllum A.P de Candolle
SAMF0003512 Covington 26 Sep 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25571		 SAMF
Eupatorium leptophyllum A. P. de Candolle
TROY000001973 Geneva 19 Sep 1998 MacDonald, John R.
12051		 TROY
Eupatorium leptophyllum A.P. de Candolle
TROY000001974 Houston 09 Oct 1994 MacDonald, John R.
7893		 TROY
Eupatorium leptophyllum A.P. de Candolle
UWAL0049971 Covington 22 Sep 2019 Diamond, Alvin R.
29107		 UWAL
Eupatorium leptophyllum A.P. de Candolle
TROY000043233 Covington 18 Oct 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26940		 TROY
Eupatorium leptophyllum A.P. de Candolle
UWAL0039598 Covington 13 Sep 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26832		 UWAL
Eupatorium leptophyllum A.P. de Candolle
UNA00057117 Covington 13 Nov 1999 MacDonald, John R.
13692		 UNA
Eupatorium leptophyllum DC.
TROY000045507 Covington 13 Sep 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26823		 TROY
Eupatorium leptophyllum A.P. de Candolle
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