Lucas Land

Round-leaved Boneset

Eupatorium rotundifolium

As a member of the boneset, or thoroughwort, group, E. rotundifolium has a characteristic broad cluster of white flowers arranged together in multiple heads. The stem is hairy and the opposite sessile leaves are twice as long as they are wide, and pointed at the apex. It is distinguished from the common boneset (E. perfoliatum) by having the opposite leaves seperate at the base rather than fused at the base.