Eupatorium havanense Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Asteraceae

  • Scientific Name

    Eupatorium havanense Kunth

  • Description

    Species Description - Shrubby, branched, glabrous or nearly so, the branches spreading. Leaves opposite, ovate to ovate-lanceolate or deltoid-ovate, 2-8 cm. long, acute or obtuse, coarsely dentate or crenate-dentate, obtuse to subcordate at the base, petioled; heads commonly numerous; involucre 10-30-flowered, 4-5 mm. high; its bracts linear to linear-spatulate; flowers white; achenes 2-3 mm. long.

  • Distribution

    Coppices, pine-lands and scrub-lands, Abaco. Great Bahama, Andros. New Providence, Eleuthera : Cuba ; Texas and Mexico. Cat-tongue. Havana Thoroughwort.

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