September 14,
Middlesex Fells Reservation, Medford
A huge genus
Eupatorium that once contained more than 500 species has been
revised, many species reclassified to other, more natural genera, such as
Ageratina . Plants in Ageratina have involucres with subimbricate phyllaries arranged in
two rows. There are 9-35 perfect flowers in a single head.