Eupatorium incarnatum Walter

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Asteraceae

• Scientific Name

  Eupatorium incarnatum Walter

• Description

  Species Description - Stems weak, 3–12 dm, freely branching, each branch ending in a small infl; lvs opposite, petiolate, deltoid or somewhat cordate at base, tapering to the acuminate or acute tip, coarsely crenate-serrate, to 7 × 5.5 cm, trinerved; invol 3–5 mm, glabrous or nearly so, its bracts sharply acute to blunt, the main ones subequal, but some irregularly shorter outer ones also present; receptacle flat; fls (13–)18–24 per head, mostly pink-purple, seldom pale blue; achenes 5–8-nerved, glabrous or nearly so; 2n=20. Woods, ditch-banks, and swamps; se. Va. to Fla., w. to W.Va., s. Ind., s. Mo., Okla., Tex., and Mex. Sept., Oct.

• Common Names

  pink eupatorium