Fleischmannia incarnata

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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| image = Fleischmannia incarnata Arkansas 2011.jpg

| genus = Fleischmannia

| species = incarnata

| authority = R.M.King & H.Rob.

| synonyms_ref = [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-91572 The Plant List, Fleischmannia incarnata (Walter) R.M.King & H.Rob. ]

| synonyms = *Eupatorium incarnatum Walter 1788

• Kyrstenia incarnata (Walter) Greene

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Fleischmannia incarnata, the pink slender-thoroughwort or pink thoroughwort,{{PLANTS|id=FLIN2|taxon=Fleischmannia incarnata|accessdate=15 July 2015}} is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the United States from Florida north as far as Virginia, Ohio, and Illinois, and west to Texas and Oklahoma.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066778 Flora of North America, Fleischmannia incarnata (Walter) R. M. King & H. Robinson, 1970. Pink slender-thoroughwort ][http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Fleischmannia%20incarnata.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map] It is also found in northeastern Mexico (Veracruz, Tamaulipas, Nuevo León).Turner, B. L. 1997. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 1 – Eupatorieae. Phytologia Memoirs 11: i–iv, 1–272

Fleischmannia incarnata grows in moist woodlands, thickets, marshes, and along streambanks. It is a perennial herb up to {{convert|200|cm|in|abbr=on}} or 6 2/3 feet) tall. It produces numerous flower heads in a flat-topped array at the ends of the stems, each head with about 20 pink, purple, or whitish disc flowers per head but no ray flowers. The plant attracts butterflies.{{Cite web|title=Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin|url=https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=FLIN2|access-date=2022-01-13|website=www.wildflower.org}}