Common Boneset

Eupatorium perfoliatum L. - Aster family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 6.0 feet

Plant Type: Forb/herb

Features

Flower Color: White

Conspicuous Flowers: Yes

Bloom Time: Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer, Fall

Conditions

Shade Tolerance: Tolerant

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Moths; Butterflies; Monarchs; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)

Larval Species depending on Common Boneset: Bucculatrix eupatoriella, Carmenta pyralidiformis, Celastrina argiolus lucia/neglecta, Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria, Endopiza slingerlandana, Schinia trifascia, Semiothisa continuata

Native Range

  • USA:  Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
  • CAN:  Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec
Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.