Dogfennel

(Eupatorium capillifolium)

Characteristics

Seedling	Leaves	Flowers	Fruit

Growing habits: Erect robust annual or short-lived perennial herb

Root anatomy: Fibrous roots from taproot, coarse rhizomes

Leaf anatomy: Alternately arranged, once or twice pinnately dissected into filiform or linear divisions on lower part of stem, simpler higher up on stem; no pubescence on leaves

Reproduction: Much-branching diffuse panicle inflorescence, numerous heads with 3-6 florets per, bracts with acute tips

_{References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice}