Koanophyllon correlliorum

Koanophyllon correlliorum (Plettman) R. M. King & H. Rob.

Synonym: Eupatorium correlliorum

Family: Asteraceae

Habit: Koanophyllon correlliorum a woody perennial shrub to 3 meters in height. Vegetation pubescent during growth becoming glabrous with age. The leaves are arranged oppositely, to 8 cm in length, oblanceolate to ovate, with a toothed leaf margin toward the apex or entirely entire, with a tapering leaf base and rounded to obtuse apiculate apex.  The leaves are glandular punctuate, visible both ad- and abaxially.

The complete, perfect, actinomorphic flowers are arranged in corymbs of heads subtended an involucre made of 2-3 series of glandular phyllaries. The calyx is modified as hairs forming a pappus.  The corolla has 5, fused with white to slightly lavender petals with acute lobes.  There are 5 stamens fused to the base of the corolla.  The ovary is inferior with a single locule.  The fruit is an achene at maturity that retains the modified calyx (pappus).

Habitat: Koanophyllon correlliorum grows in open areas within Pine Woodlands and the margins of Dry Broadleaf Evergreen Formations.

Distribution: Koanophyllon correlliorum is endemic to the Bahamian Archipelago known to occurring on Eleuthera and Grand Bahama.

Medicinal/Cultural/Economic usage: Koanophyllon correlliorum is not used medicinally in the Bahamas.