''Brickellia eupatorioides'', or false boneset, is a

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n species of flowering plants in the family

Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...

. It is widespread in

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from

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, and in all regions of the

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except

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, and the

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. ''Brickellia eupatorioides'' is a perennial up to 200 cm (80 inches) tall, growing from a woody base. It produces many small

flower heads A pseudanthium (Greek for "false flower"; ) is an inflorescence that resembles a flower. The word is sometimes used for other structures that are neither a true flower nor a true inflorescence. Examples of pseudanthia include flower heads, compos ...

with yellow, lavender, or

maroon Maroon ( US/ UK , Australia ) is a brownish crimson color that takes its name from the French word ''marron'', or chestnut. "Marron" is also one of the French translations for "brown". According to multiple dictionaries, there are var ...

disc floret The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...

s but no ray florets.Flora of North America, ''Brickellia eupatorioides'' (L.) Shinners
/ref> ;VarietiesTurner, Billie Lee. 1989. Overview of the ''Brickellia (Kuhnia) eupatorioides'' (Asteraceae, Eupatorieae) complex. Phytologia 67:121-131.
/ref> *''Brickellia eupatorioides'' var. ''chlorolepis '' (Wooton & Standley) B. L. Turner - Mexico, southwestern USA *''Brickellia eupatorioides'' var. ''corymbulosa'' (Torr. & A.Gray) Shinners - Great Plains, Mississippi Valley *''Brickellia eupatorioides'' var. ''eupatorioides'' - eastern USA *''Brickellia eupatorioides'' var. ''floridana'' (R.W.Long) B.L.Turner - southern Florida *''Brickellia eupatorioides'' var. ''gracillima'' (A.Gray) B.L.Turner - Ark., Mo., Okla., Tex. *''Brickellia eupatorioides'' var. ''texana'' (Shinners) Shinners - Ark., Kans., Mo., Okla., Tex

References

eupatorioides Flora of the Eastern United States Flora of Mexico Flora of the United States Plants described in 1849 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Eupatorieae-stub