Eupatorium capillifolium, or dogfennel (also written "dog fennel"), is a North American perennial herbaceous plant in the family Asteraceae, native to the eastern and south-central United States. It is generally between 50 cm and 2 meters tall with several stems that fork from a substantial base. The stems and base are covered in leaves so dissected that they resemble branching green threads coming out of the stem in fractal patterns. When crushed, the leaves and flowers smell rather unpleasant.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Eupatorium capillifolium 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 Eupatorium capillifolium has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens5
Marker genes5
GenBank sequences10
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.
★matK5★rbcL5★rbcLa★ITS★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualEupatorium capillifolium 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.
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
2n 202×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · eflora
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Watanabe, K., M. Ito, T. Yahara, V. I. Sullivan, T. Kawahara & D. J. Crawford. 1990. Numerical analyses of karyotype diversity in the genus Eupatorium (Compositae, Eupatorieae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 170: 215–228.
CCDB · eflora
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy89% within 1 km
≤100 m 9 505≤1 km 1 315≤10 km 609>10 km 736
12 165 georeferenced · 1 798 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor13 963
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 accuracy37% within 1 km
≤100 m 53≤1 km 94≤10 km 171>10 km 83
401 georeferenced · 472 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence873
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 institutions51 of 79 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record
115
DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record
108
Bangkok, TH
64
Charleston Southern Universitylocation not on record
54
Bronx, US
43
US
40
Williamsburg, US
40
Jackson, US
30
GAlocation not on record
26
Norfolk, US
19
Miami, US
19
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
16
Tuscaloosa, US
14
Austin, US
13
Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record
13
Tampa, US
12
Columbia, US
12
Philadelphia, US
11
Chapel Hill, US
11
Clemson, US
11
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
10
Little Rock, US
9
Mississippi State, US
9
Bloomington, US
9
University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record
9
AUAlocation not on record
8
China Agricultural Universitylocation not on record
8
Mount Berry, US
8
Fort Worth, US
7
College Park, US
7
Tall Timbers Research Stationlocation not on record
6
Knoxville, US
5
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
4
Burlington, US
4
Fairfax, US
4
University of North Carolina at Pembrokelocation not on record
4
Provo, US
4
Western Carolina Universitylocation not on record
3
University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record
3
BAYLUlocation not on record
3
Wuzhou, CN
3
Long Beach, US
3
Baltimore, US
3
Minia, EG
2
Denton, US
2
Flagstaff, US
2
Wlocation not on record
2
Dover, US
2
Henderson State Universitylocation not on record
2
Dekalb, US
2
San Angelo, US
2
EL PASO, US
2
Asheville, US
2
Millersville, US
1
Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preservelocation not on record
1
IDElocation not on record
1
Audubon Society -- Silver Bluff Audubon Center and Sanctuarylocation not on record
1
Tennessee Technological Universitylocation not on record
1
Meguro Parasitological Museumlocation not on record
1
Pondicherry, IN
1
Columbus State University Herbariumlocation not on record
1
Montréal, CA
1
San Isidro, AR
1
Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record
1
Due West, US
1
James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studieslocation not on record
1
Conway, US
1
Fayetteville, US
1
Durham, US
1
Walla Walla, US
1
Mexico City, MX
1
Hudson, US
1
Riverside, US
1
Vancouver, CA
1
Conway, US
1
US
1
Edmonton, CA
1
Lord Fairfax Community Collegelocation not on record
1
CASlocation not on record
1
79 institutions · 850 of 873 vouchered records shown · 23 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA4 detections
Where the DNA of Eupatorium capillifolium 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 median15.4 °C 15.4–15.4
Seasonal swing summer↔winter17.4 °C
Max temp (day)20.2 °C
Min temp (night)12.4 °C
Precipitation56.1 mm/mo
Air humidity57.6 %
Moisture balance-27.8 mm/mo
Vapour deficit737 Pa
Wind speed4.10 m/s
Cloud cover42.1 %
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · 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 Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility14 836 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI4 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics5 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗