Eupatorium amabile
Eupatorium amabile is a shrubby plant in the family Asteraceae native China and Taiwan.
| Eupatorium amabile | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Eupatorium |
| Species: | E. amabile |
| Binomial name | |
| Eupatorium amabile Kitamura | |
Eupatorium amabile is a shrub that grows about 1 m tall, with more or less upright stems and slender branches that are densely glandular-villous near their ends. The 9–12 cm long and 4–3.5 cm wide leaves are medium green and pale green underneath, ovate or ovate-oblong in shape. The leaves have rounded bases and the margins are mucronate-serrate, and the apex is long acuminate. Terminal corymbs with 9–15 flowers are produced with flowers that have whitish Pappus. The black achenes are 2.5 mm long and sparsely covered with villous hairs.[1]
References
- "Asteraceae Tribe Eupatorieae [Draft]". Archived from the original on 2007-05-05. Retrieved 2008-08-16.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.