Common Boneset
Eupatorium perfoliatum
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| Common Boneset is also known as Thoroughwort: both that name and the perfoliatum in the scientific name refer to the way in which the stem goes through, or perforates, the joined leaves. These plants were photographed along the shore of Mobile Bay, in Daphne, Alabama, in early September. |