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Chinese Eupatorium

Eupatorium fortunei

Also called Fortune's Eupatorium

Chinese Eupatorium
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Water
Likes moisture
Safety
Toxic

About

Eupatorium fortunei is a plant species in the family Asteraceae native from Asia where it is rare in the wild but commonly cultivated. The white to reddish colored flowers and herbage smell like lavender when crushed. In China the plants are used to make fragrant oils.

Safety

Eupatorium fortunei contains tumorigenic pyrrolizidine alkaloids.

Uses

The plant is used medicinally in both Japan and China.

Other Eupatorium plants

White thoroughwort · Tall thoroughwort · Eupatorium amabile · Florida thoroughwort · Eupatorium benguetense · Eupatorium camiguinense · Hemp-agrimony · Dogfennel · Eupatorium chinense · Yankeeweed · Ground Qalanis · Godfrey's thoroughwort

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eupatorium fortunei by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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