Eupatorium cannabinum

Eupatorium cannabinum
IJmuiden, Netherlands
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Eupatorium
Species:
E. cannabinum
Binomial name
Eupatorium cannabinum
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Chrone heterophylla Dulac
  • Cunigunda vulgaris Bubani
  • Eupatorium allaisii Sennen
  • Eupatorium argenteum Wallich
  • Eupatorium birmanicum DC.
  • Eupatorium cannabis-folium Gilib.
  • Eupatorium caucasicum Steven
  • Eupatorium corsicum Req. ex Loisel.
  • Eupatorium dicline Edgew.
  • Eupatorium finlaysonianum Wallich ex DC.
  • Eupatorium heterophyllum DC.
  • Eupatorium hyrcanicum Steven
  • Eupatorium lambertianum Wallich
  • Eupatorium lemassonii Biau
  • Eupatorium lindleyanum F.Muell. 1865 not DC. 1836
  • Eupatorium longicaule Wallich ex DC.
  • Eupatorium mairei H.Lév.
  • Eupatorium ponticum Georgi
  • Eupatorium punduanum Wallichex DC.
  • Eupatorium simonsii C.B.Clarke
  • Eupatorium soleirolii Loisel.
  • Eupatorium suaveolens Wallich
  • Eupatorium trifidum Vahl
  • Eupatorium trifoliatum hort. dorp. ex Stev.
  • Eupatorium variifolium Bartl.
  • Eupatorium viscosum Wallich
  • Mikania longicaulis Wallich

Eupatorium cannabinum, commonly known as hemp-agrimony,[2] or holy rope,[3] is a herbaceous plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a robust perennial native to Europe, NW. Africa, Turkey, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, the Caucasus and Central Asia.[4][3][5] It is cultivated as an ornamental and occasionally found as a garden escape in scattered locations in China,[6] the United States and Canada.[7][8] It is extremely attractive to butterflies, much like buddleia.[9]

If the genus Eupatorium is defined in a restricted sense (about 42 species), E. cannabinum is the only species of that genus native to Europe (with the remainder in Asia or North America).[10]

  1. ^ The Plant List, Eupatorium cannabinum L.
  2. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  3. ^ a b Altervista Flora Italiana, Holy Rope, gewöhnlicher Wasserdost, hampflockel, Canapa acquatica includes photos and European distribution map
  4. ^ Kew Plants of the World Online https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:205581-1 Retrieved at 12.31 on Friday 13/1/23.
  5. ^ "Botanica. The Illustrated AZ of over 10000 garden plants and how to cultivate them", p 359. Könemann, 2004. ISBN 3-8331-1253-0
  6. ^ Flora of China, Eupatorium cannabinum Linnaeus, 1753. 大麻叶泽兰 da ma ye ze lan
  7. ^ "Eupatorium cannabinum". Flora of North America.
  8. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  9. ^ Wildlife Trusts - Hemp Agrimony
  10. ^ Schmidt, Gregory J.; Schilling, Edward E. (2000). "Phylogeny and biogeography of Eupatorium (Asteraceae: Eupatorieae) based on nuclear ITS sequence data". Am. J. Bot. 87 (5): 716–726. doi:10.2307/2656858. JSTOR 2656858. PMID 10811796.

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