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I saw this shrub in southwestern PA yesterday. It has been getting in the 30s there at night so I was surprised to see the flowers. In fact, most of the flowers hadn't opened yet. Sorry for the quality of the pictures. By the time I was able to get close up, for the 2nd picture, it was dusk. The leaves were fuzzy to the touch. The flowers didn't have any scent. TIA
Last edited by subject2change; 06-13-2019 at 06:15 AM..
Interesting guesses from you two. The flowers do make it seem like it should be in the Eupatoriums, so I can see where you are headed. Same genus, similar look but both are upright perennial plants and not shrubs.
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Originally Posted by 124c41
Could it be this? A White Snakeroot. It's kinda difficult to tell with the images.
Nope, the leaves are serrated and the close up leaves have no serrations. Snakeroot is in the Eupatorium genus just like the next guess is. They are quite similar in many ways since they are close relatives. Here are some pictures showing the toothed edges of the leaves:
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Originally Posted by Vectoris
That is a chocolate eupatorium... aka Chocolate Joe Pyeweed
Although it is a fall bloomer with similar looking clusters of flower buds, the leaf color is not right nor are the leaf margins smooth as in the OP's closeup picture. These photos are typical Chocolate Eupatorium:
It took some searching to find the right picture. The stem arrangement gave it away. This is probably the same shrub as the OPs, or closely related:
The leaves shown immediately above have knife-cut or jagged edges around the leaves. That doesn't seem to look like the OP's photos.
I thought the OP's photos looked like the cotoneaster family...with long leaves, white flower heads.
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OK, if you want, we can leave it a mystery. LOL
