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Fragrant Eupatorium

Eupatorium japonicum

Fragrant Eupatorium
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Koba-chan assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY 2.5
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Safety
Toxic
Native range
C. & S. Japan
Climate
temperate

About

Eupatorium japonicum, known as fragrant eupatorium in English and 白头婆 bai tou po, in Chinese, is a herbaceous plant species in the family Asteraceae. It is native to China, Japan and Korea.

Safety

Eupatorium japonicum contains tumorigenic pyrrolizidine alkaloids.

Other Eupatorium plants

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

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

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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