Plant Details

Accepted name:: Eupatorium perfoliatum L. [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ague weed	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
agueweed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
boneset	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
common boneset	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
crosswort	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
durchwachsener wasserdost	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
eupatoire perfoliée	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
eupatorii perfoliati herba	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
eupatorio	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
eupatorium perfoliatum	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
feverwort	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
herbe à la fièvre	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
indian sage	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
läkeflockel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
thoroughwax	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
thoroughwort	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Herb		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 18 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cunigunda perfoliata (L.) Lunell Amer. Midl. Naturalist 5: 35 (1917).
Eupatorium chapmanii Small Fl. S.E. U.S.: 1168 (1903).
Eupatorium connatum Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 99 (1803), nom. superfl.
Eupatorium cuneatum Engelm. in J.Torrey & A.Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 2: 88 (1841), not validly publ.
Eupatorium perfoliatum var. colpophilum Fernald & Griscom Rhodora 37: 182 (1935).
Eupatorium perfoliatum var. cuneatum (Engelm.) A.Gray Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 100 (1884), not validly publ.
Eupatorium perfoliatum f. laciniatum Stebbins Rhodora 32: 133 (1930).
Eupatorium perfoliatum f. purpureum Britton Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 17: 124 (1890).
Eupatorium perfoliatum f. trifolium Fassett Rhodora 27: 55 (1925).
Eupatorium perfoliatum f. truncatum (Muhl. ex Willd.) Fassett Rhodora 27: 55 (1925).
Eupatorium perfoliatum var. truncatum (Muhl. ex Willd.) A.Gray Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 99 (1884).
Eupatorium polyneuron (F.J.Herm.) Wunderlin Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 59: 472 (1973).
Eupatorium salviifolium Sims Bot. Mag. 45: t. 2010 (1818).
Eupatorium serotinum var. polyneuron F.J.Herm. Rhodora 40: 86 (1938).
Eupatorium truncatum Muhl. ex Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 1751 (1803).
Uncasia cuneata (Engelm.) Greene Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 13 (1903), not validly publ.
Uncasia perfoliata (L.) Greene Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 13 (1903).
Uncasia truncata (Muhl. ex Willd.) Greene Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1: 13 (1903).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Eupatorium perfoliatum	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Eupatorium perfoliatum L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

Eupatorium perfoliatum

SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)

Eupatorium perfoliatum L.

GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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