Spotted Joe-Pye Weed |
Spotted Joe-Pye Weed |
Eupatorium maculatum |
Sunflower Family - Asteraceae |
Stem dark reddish brown to purple in color. Leaves in whorls of 3 to 5, 2 to 8" in
length, lance-shaped and distinctly toothed. |
Sturdy, erect herbs with terminal, branching clusters of pink to pinkish-purple flowers.
Flowerheads (about 1/3" wide) fuzzy appearing, cylindrical and only formed
of disk flowers. (Photographed - early August) |
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