Eupatorium album
white thoroughwort, white-bracted eupatorium
Family
Asteraceae
Leaf Arrangement
alternate
Leaf Attachment
sessile
Leaf Type
simple
Leaf Shape
elliptic, lanceolate, oblanceolate, ovate
Growth Form
forb
Flower Color
white
Flower Month
June - September
Height (meters)
0.4 - 0.8
Milky Sap
No
Armed/Unarmed
Unarmed
Origin
native
Lifespan
perennial
Animal Use
Cattle occasionally graze the tender spring leaves, but the coarse, stiff foliage of older growth is upalatable.
Habitat
Dry open woods, sandy pineland, old fields, and savannas.