Eupatorium odoratum L.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Asteraceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Shrubby, much branched, more or less pubescent, erect, or in thickets half climbing, 1-3 m. high. Leaves thin, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 5-15 cm. long, 3 -nerved, dentate, often with large acute teeth, acuminate at the apex, usually cuneate at the base, the slender petioles 1-4 cm. long; heads in terminal corymbs 5-10 cm. broad, cyiindric, 8-12 mm. long; involucre-bracts imbricated in about 4 series, striate-nerved, glabrous or nearly so, shining, all obtuse, or the inner acute or aeutish; flowers 10-20, white to blue; achenes rough-angled.
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Discussion
Rocky plains and scrub-lands from Andros, New Providence and Eleuthera southward to Cay Sal islets and the Caicos group : southern United States ; West Indies and continental tropical America. Recorded from Bermuda. Bushy Tropical Thoroughwort. Tonka-bean. Bitter-bush. Erroneously called Vanilla.
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Distribution
Andros, New Providence and Eleuthera southward to Cay Sal islets and the Caicos group : southern United States ; West Indies and continental tropical America. Recorded from Bermuda.
Andros Island Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Turks and Caicos Islands South America| West Indies|