Spotted Joe-pye-weed

(Eupatorium maculatum)

 

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Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

Spotted Joe-pye-weed (Eupatorium maculatum)

Identification: Flowers pink to purple-pink, arranged in a flat-topped cluster. Leaves elongate, with dentate outer margins, and arranged in whorls of 4 to 5 leaves. Stem purple or green spotted with purple. Plant 2 to 6 feet in height.

Distribution: Most of the United States but absent from the southeastern United States and the Pacific Coast.

Habitat: This species is found in meadows or clearings, usually in wetter, but non-marshy situations.

Flowering period: July to September.

Spotted Joe-pye-weed (Eupatorium maculatum)

Similar Species:

Sweet Joe-pye-weed (Eupatorium purpureum)

Hollow Joe-pye-weed (Eupatorium fistulosum) (not treated here) has a hollow stem.

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