OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Eutrochium maculatum var. maculatum   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eutrochium maculatum var. maculatum   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Eutrochium maculatum var. maculatum

INCLUDED WITHIN Tennessee Flora Committee (2015)

Eutrochium maculatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Eutrochium maculatum var. maculatum

INCLUDED WITHIN Phylogeny & biogeography of Eupatorium (Schmidt & Schilling, 2000)

Eupatoriadelphus maculatus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Eupatorium maculatum var. maculatum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-002:

Eupatorium maculatum   FAMILY Asteraceae__

 

COMMON NAME:
Spotted Joe-pye-weed


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image of Eutrochium maculatum var. maculatum, Spotted Joe-pye-weed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_euma6_001_lvd

        

image of Eutrochium maculatum var. maculatum, Spotted Joe-pye-weed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_euma6_002_lvd

        

image of Eutrochium maculatum var. maculatum, Spotted Joe-pye-weed

JK Marlow    jkm0407r_02

July    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Sharp-toothed leaves in whorls of 4-5, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Eutrochium maculatum var. maculatum, Spotted Joe-pye-weed

JK Marlow    jkm060723_107

July    Transylvania County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Stem dark purple or at least purple-spotted, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).


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image of Eutrochium maculatum var. maculatum, Spotted Joe-pye-weed

JK Marlow    jkm060723_112

July    Transylvania County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Eutrochium maculatum var. maculatum, Spotted Joe-pye-weed

JK Marlow    jkm0508c_11

August    Transylvania County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Leaves average 4-5 per whorl, per Weakley's Flora.


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE leaves of Joe Pye Weed species

image of Eutrochium maculatum var. maculatum, Spotted Joe-pye-weed

JK Marlow    jkm0508c_36

August    Transylvania County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Eutrochium maculatum var. maculatum, Spotted Joe-pye-weed

JK Marlow    jkm0508c_36b

August    Transylvania County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Inflorescence flat-topped with many flowers, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Eutrochium maculatum var. maculatum, Spotted Joe-pye-weed

JK Marlow    jkm0508c_36c

August    Transylvania County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Leaves are thick, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Eutrochium maculatum var. maculatum   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eutrochium maculatum var. maculatum   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eutrochium maculatum var. maculatum

INCLUDED WITHIN Tennessee Flora Committee (2015)
Eutrochium maculatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Eutrochium maculatum var. maculatum

INCLUDED WITHIN Phylogeny & biogeography of Eupatorium (Schmidt & Schilling, 2000)
Eupatoriadelphus maculatus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Eupatorium maculatum var. maculatum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-002:
Eupatorium maculatum   FAMILY Asteraceae__

 

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551

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Marl fens, wet calcareous meadows, cove forests, grassy balds, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Whorls of 3-6

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Purplish-pink
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Lustrous black
Achene

 

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