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Asteraceae

Blue mistflower

Conoclinium coelestinum DC.

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Conoclinium

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Blue mistflower: Eupatorium coelestinum Place:Osaka Prefectural Flower Garden,Osaka,Japan
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
Chinese
锥托泽兰, 破坏草
English
Blue mistflower

Synonyms

  • Conoclinium dichotomum Chapm.
  • Conoclinium dichotomum Chapman
  • Conoclinium flaccidum Greene
  • Conoclinium nepetaefolium Greene
  • Conoclinium venulosum Greene
  • Eupatorium coelestinum L.
  • Eupatorium coelestinum f. album Alexander
  • Eupatorium coelestinum f. coelestinum
  • Eupatorium coelestinum f. illinoense Benke
  • Eupatorium deltifolium Raf. ex DC.
  • Eupatorium deltoideum Steud.
  • Eupatorium violaceum Raf.

Flowers

Flower colour
blue (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.