Asteraceae
Common boneset
Eupatorium perfoliatum
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Eupatorium
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Common names
By language (7)
- Arabic
- الغافثية المثقوبة
- Chinese
- 穿叶泽兰, 贯叶泽兰
- English
- Common boneset, Boneset
- German
- Durchwachsener Wasserdost, Amerikanischer Wasserdost, Durchwachsener Wasserhanf, Indianerkraut, Knochenheil, Wasserdostenkraut, Wechselfieberkraut
- Hungarian
- Átnőttlevelű sédkender
- Japanese
- ボーンセット, アメリカヒヨドリバナ, ウラジロフジバカマ
- pdc
- Darrichwax
Synonyms
- Cunigunda perfoliata (L.) Lunell
- Eupatorium chapmanii Small
- Eupatorium connatum Michx.
- Eupatorium connatum Michaux
- Eupatorium cuneatum Engelm. ex Torr. & A.Gray
- Eupatorium perfoliatum f. laciniatum Stebbins
- Eupatorium perfoliatum f. perfoliatum
- Eupatorium perfoliatum f. purpureum Britton
- Eupatorium perfoliatum f. trifolium Fassett
- Eupatorium perfoliatum f. truncatum Fassett
- Eupatorium perfoliatum var. colpophilum Fernald & Griscom
- Eupatorium perfoliatum var. cuneatum (Engelm.) A.Gray
- Eupatorium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum
- Eupatorium perfoliatum var. truncatum (Muhl. ex Willd.) A.Gray
- Eupatorium salviifolium Sims
- Eupatorium truncatum Muhl. ex Willd.
- Uncasia cuneata (Engelm.) Greene
- Uncasia perfoliata (L.) Greene
- Uncasia truncata Greene
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: SB_Johnny, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SB_Johnny, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SB_Johnny, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.