Eupatorium mikanioides
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Eupatorium mikanioides, commonly called Semaphore thoroughwort, is a herbaceous perennial plant in Asteraceae
native to Florida
. Like other members of the genus Eupatorium
, it flowers with large numbers of small white heads
, with disc florets but no ray florets. It grows a half meter to one meter tall.
It grows in wet to moist areas, and is salt-tolerant.
Asteraceae
The Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...
native to Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
. Like other members of the genus Eupatorium
Eupatorium
Eupatorium is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae, containing from 36 to 60 species depending on the classification system. Most are herbaceous perennial plants growing to 0.5–3 m tall. A few are shrubs. The genus is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere....
, it flowers with large numbers of small white heads
Head (botany)
The capitulum is considered the most derived form of inflorescence. Flower heads found outside Asteraceae show lesser degrees of specialization....
, with disc florets but no ray florets. It grows a half meter to one meter tall.
It grows in wet to moist areas, and is salt-tolerant.