Late-flowering Thoroughwort

Eupatorium serotinum

Found in interdune swales, bottomland forests and openings, fields, open forests, powerline rights-of-way, tidal marshes, disturbed areas. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Northern Tier edition What its natural habitat tells you

Keystone

Native to West Virginia. How scores work Is it native here?

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Height: 3–6 feet
Light: Part shade
Soil moisture: Somewhat dry to moist

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Eupatorium serotinum — whole photograph — (c) Sandy Wolkenberg, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY 4.0 · Original photograph

At a glance

Life cycle: Perennial
Bloom: August to October

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Not yet recorded · Spread · Leaves

Recorded in 5 West Virginia counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

Forests and woodlands

Forest or woodland where the source does not say how moist or dry.

All habitats

Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food. 127 animals.

Double-crested Cormorant
Phalacrocorax auritus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Downy Woodpecker
Picoides pubescens
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Eastern Phoebe
Sayornis phoebe
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Eastern Screech-owl
Megascops asio
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Eurasian Collared-dove
Streptopelia decaocto
Birds. 2 shared habitats
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Regulus satrapa
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Great Egret
Ardea alba
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Green Heron
Butorides virescens
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Hairy Woodpecker
Picoides villosus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Hooded Merganser
Lophodytes cucullatus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Kentucky Warbler
Oporornis formosus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Lincoln's Sparrow
Melospiza lincolnii
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Louisiana Waterthrush
Seiurus motacilla
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Northern Parula
Parula americana
Birds. 2 shared habitats

All wildlife of West Virginia

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

36CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including WV

Genus host records with ranges including WV · Eupatorium

Agonopterix pulvipennellaGoldenrod Leaffolder, Featherduster Agonopterix
Anavitrinella pampinariaCommon Gray, Cranberry Spanworm
Carmenta bassiformisEupatorium Borer Moth, Ironweed Clearwing Moth
Carmenta pyralidiformisBoneset Borer Moth
Chlorochlamys chloroleucariaBlackberry Looper Moth
Chrysodeixis includensSoybean Looper Moth
Cisseps fulvicollisYellow-Collared Scape Moth
Condica vecorsDusky Groundling
Dichomeris setosellaHairy Dichomeris
Digrammia continuataCurve-Lined Angle

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Dysodia oculatanaEyed Thyris
Estigmene acreaSalt Marsh Moth, Acrea Moth
Eupithecia miserulataCommon Eupithacia, Common Pug
Feltia subgothicaSubgothic Dart
Feltia tricosaConfused Dart, Tricose Dart
Haploa clymeneClymene Moth
Oedemasia concinnaRed-Humped Caterpillar, Red-Humped Appleworm
Oidaematophorus eupatoriiEupatorium Plume Moth
Orthodes majusculaRustic Quaker, Rustic Groundcat
Ostrinia obumbratalisSmartweed Borer
Papaipema cataphractaBurdock Border, Potato-Stalk Borer
Papaipema eupatoriiJoe-Pye Weed Borer, Eupatorium Borer Moth
Papaipema harrisiiHeracleum Stem Borer Moth, Cow Parsnip Borer
Perigea xanthioidesRed Groundling
Phragmatobia fuliginosaRuby Tiger Moth
Phragmatobia lineataLined Ruby Tiger Moth
Platynota flavedanaBlack-Shaded Platynota
Pleuroprucha insulsariaCommon Tan Wave
Schinia trifasciaThree-Lined Flower Moth
Spoladea recurvalisHawaiian Beet Webworm
Synchlora aerataWavy-Lined Emerald, Camouflaged Looper
Tornos scolopacinariaDimorphic Gray
Agonopterix atrodorsella
Agonopterix eupatoriiella
Chionodes pseudofondella
Dichomeris washingtoniella

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

34BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Eupatorium

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0

2Specialist beesPollen specialists

Pollen specialists · Eupatorium

Colletes simulans
Megachile xylocopoides

Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0

1BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Eupatorium

Ortalis vetulaPlain Chachalaca

Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

Beetles 1

Diabrotica 12-punctata