Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Fleischmannia incarnata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Pink Thoroughwort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fleischmannia incarnata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-023:
Eupatorium incarnatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
COMMON NAME:
Pink Thoroughwort, Pink Eupatorium
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_euin_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_f_incarnata_pink
May
This erect weak-stemmed herb typically produces numerous branches, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_f_incarnata_pink_2
May
Similar to E. coelestinum but corollas pink to purplish, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_f_incarnata_pink_b
May
Stalked, triangular, coarsely toothed lvs w 3 primary veins arising at base, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Eric Ungberg ung_20180907_155553
September Granville County NC
Picture Creek Diabase Barrens
Corymb loosely branched. Involucres cylindric to campanulate, very fragrant, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Fleischmannia incarnata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fleischmannia incarnata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-023:
Eupatorium incarnatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
3133
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare, the distribution fragmented
Look for it in nutrient-rich, moist to dry, forests and woodlands over diabase, limestone, coquina limestone, or other basic rocks, or on rich alluvium, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
Petioles 1-8cm long
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Pink/ Purplish
Rays: Absent
Bisexual
Inferior ovary
Inflorescence a corymb
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Lustrous black
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p074
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p106
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p286
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p335