The fragrant eupatorium, whose botanical name is eupatorium japonicum, is a species of herbaceous plant in the Asteraceae family.
It is a herbaceous perennial that grows 50-200 cm tall from short rhizomes with many fibrous roots.
The leaves on the stem are arranged opposite and have short but fairly thick petioles.
These leaves taper gradually to a sharp point with elliptic, narrowly elliptic, ovate, or lance-shaped.
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