Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Eutrochium purpureum var. purpureum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Read more about Eutrochium at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eutrochium purpureum var. purpureum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eutrochium purpureum var. purpureum
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Eutrochium purpureum var. purpureum
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Eupatorium purpureum var. purpureum
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-004:
Eupatorium purpureum FAMILY Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eupatorium trifoliatum
COMMON NAME:
Purple-node Joe-pye-weed, Sweet Joe-pye-weed
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JK Marlow jkm110522_649
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
The stem is generally greenish but purplish at the nodes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
COMPARE
stems of Joe Pye Weed species
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JK Marlow jkm0407d_25
July Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm0407s_29
July Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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JK Marlow jkm060716_083
July Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
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JK Marlow jkm060716_087
July Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
Leaves thin, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm090711_062
July
Leaf blades pinnately veined, lance-ovate or ovate to deltate-ovate, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm230717_4459
July Greenville County SC
Blue Wall Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230717_4460
July Greenville County SC
Blue Wall Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230717_4501
July Greenville County SC
Landrum Watershed
There are 3-4 leaves in each whorl, with sharp teeth, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
COMPARE
leaves of Joe Pye Weed species
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JK Marlow jkm0508d_19
August Transylvania County NC
Leaves mostly 2.5-4x long as broad, in whorls that average 3-4 leaves each, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm200808_6907
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Flowers are a pale dull pink; inflorescence is rounded, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_eutrochium_purpureum
August
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmepurpureum_wm1
Month Unknown Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Eutrochium purpureum var. purpureum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eutrochium purpureum var. purpureum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eutrochium purpureum var. purpureum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Eutrochium purpureum var. purpureum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Eupatorium purpureum var. purpureum
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-004:
Eupatorium purpureum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eupatorium trifoliatum
554
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Upland, usually mesic forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in SC Coastal Plain, rare in GA-NC Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Whorls of (2-)3-4(-5)
Petioles 5-15(-20)mm long
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Pale purplish-pink
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Lustrous black
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p156
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p159
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p129
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p126
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p436
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p391
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p106
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p083
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p295
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p343
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p182
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