Brickellia eupatorioides, or false boneset, is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is widespread in Mexico from Chihuahua to Oaxaca, and in all regions of the contiguous United States except New England, New York, and the West Coast.Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map Brickellia eupatorioides is a perennial up to 200 cm (80 inches) tall, growing from a woody base. It produces many small flower heads with yellow, lavender, or maroon disc florets but no ray florets.Flora of North America, Brickellia eupatorioides (L.) Shinners VarietiesTurner, Billie Lee. 1989. Overview of the Brickellia (Kuhnia) eupatorioides (Asteraceae, Eupatorieae) complex. Phytologia 67:121-131. Brickellia eupatorioides var. chlorolepis (Wooton & Standley) B. L. Turner - Mexico, southwestern USA Brickellia eupatorioides var. corymbulosa (Torr. & A.Gray) Shinners - Great Plains, Mississippi Valley Brickellia eupatorioides var. eupatorioides - eastern USA Brickellia eupatorioides var. floridana (R.W.Long) B.L.Turner - southern Florida Brickellia eupatorioides var. gracillima (A.Gray) B.L.Turner - Ark., Mo., Okla., Tex. Brickellia eupatorioides var. texana (Shinners) Shinners - Ark., Kans., Mo., Okla., Tex
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
⚠ sources differ — GIFT: herb · TRY: Subshrub, Forb/herb
Woodinessnon-woody
Physiology & chemistry7
Leaf C:N ratio287 g/g
Leaf c477 mg/g
Leaf dry-matter content (LDMC)287 mg/g
Leaf n16.62 mg/g
Leaf p1.4 mg/g
Photosynthetic pathwayC3
Specific leaf area (SLA)14.03 mm²/mg
03Chemical composition3 compounds
Compounds documented for Brickellia eupatorioides across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Brickellia eupatorioides has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens1
Marker genes4
GenBank sequences7
eDNA detections4
Countries1
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★matK2★rbcL2★ITS3★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualBrickellia eupatorioides carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
DNA clock origin2.53 Ma TimeTree
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
DNA clock origin
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type2 317 records
Wild obs. + sensor1 719
Museum / vouchered598
Origin
Native3
Introduced3
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO5 764 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy85% within 1 km
≤100 m 958≤1 km 149≤10 km 54>10 km 138
1 299 georeferenced · 420 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 719
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy49% within 1 km
≤100 m 39≤1 km 85≤10 km 101>10 km 28
253 georeferenced · 345 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence598
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions59 of 86 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Denver, US
55
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
43
EL PASO, US
32
Spearfish, US
28
Jackson, US
27
Bangkok, TH
26
Bloomington, US
23
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
20
Ann Arbor, US
18
Lincoln, US
16
Bozeman, US
16
Fort Worth, US
16
Missoula, US
15
ASUlocation not on record
14
Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record
14
Flagstaff, US
14
Bronx, US
14
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
12
Saint Louis, US
10
Tall Timbers Research Stationlocation not on record
8
Austin, US
8
Phoenix, US
7
Texas Lutheran Universitylocation not on record
7
Emporia, US
7
Chapel Hill, US
7
Columbia, US
7
Miami, US
6
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
6
San Angelo, US
6
Tampa, US
5
Maryland Department of Natural Resourceslocation not on record
5
James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studieslocation not on record
4
Durango, US
4
Pittsburg, US
4
AUAlocation not on record
4
Albuquerque, US
4
Dekalb, US
4
Tuscaloosa, US
3
Whitewater, US
3
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
3
Jefferson City, US
3
Provo, US
3
Brookings, US
3
Madison, US
3
Green Bay, US
3
Columbus State Universitylocation not on record
3
Clemson, US
2
Riverside, US
2
Beijing, CN
2
Norfolk, US
2
University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record
2
Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record
2
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
2
University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record
2
Western Carolina Universitylocation not on record
2
Durango, MX
2
Tlalnepantla, MX
2
US
2
San Luis Obispo, US
2
Cascavel, BR
1
Davis, US
1
Karlsruhe, DE
1
Fairfax, US
1
Millersville, US
1
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
1
Knoxville, US
1
Zacatecas, MX
1
MSB-2797location not on record
1
Facultad de Zootecnia y Ecología, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahualocation not on record
1
Hermosillo, MX
1
CASlocation not on record
1
Chapingo, MX
1
Tempe, US
1
Richmond, US
1
Russellville, US
1
North Carolina Museum of Natural Scienceslocation not on record
1
Kirksville, US
1
Kew, GB
1
Logan, US
1
GAlocation not on record
1
Lord Fairfax Community Collegelocation not on record
1
DULlocation not on record
1
Mississippi State, US
1
St. Paul, US
1
USFS/BHSClocation not on record
1
Williamsburg, US
1
86 institutions · 596 of 598 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA4 detections
Where the DNA of Brickellia eupatorioides was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found4
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 4 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median23.2 °C 23.1–23.2
Seasonal swing summer↔winter21.7 °C
Max temp (day)29.1 °C 28.9–29.1
Min temp (night)19.1 °C 18.8–19.1
Precipitation92.8 mm/mo 92.8–97.5
Air humidity57.8 % 57.8–58.0
Moisture balance-39.7 mm/mo -39.7–-25.5
Vapour deficit1,208 Pa 1,188–1,208
Wind speed3.10 m/s 2.40–3.10
Cloud cover29.4 %
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 3 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 317 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI4 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗