Sweet Joe-Pye Weed (Eupatorium purpureum)
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Other common names: Purple Joe-Pye Weed, Sweet-Scented Joe-Pye Weed
Native
Family:
Asteraceae (Sunflower)
Height: 2 to 6 ft.
Blooms: July to
September
Leaf Type:
toothed
Bloom Size: 0.33 in. (typical)
Flower Description:
Flat or rounded clusters,
Irregular blossoms
Location: Kane Woods
Date: 7/30/2019
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Sweet Joe-Pye Weed may be
easily confused with:
- Hollow Joe-Pye Weed
Stem of hollow Joe-Pye weed is tinged with purple, while that is sweet is green with black or purple at the joints, with a white bloom. Hollow JPW has leaves usually in whorls of 6, with sweet JPW usually has whorls of 3 or 4.
- Spotted Joe-Pye Weed
Stems of sweet Joe-Pye weed are green with purple or black at the joints; stems of spotted Joe-Pye weed are spotted throughout with purple, or are completely purple.
- Upland Boneset
Upland boneset has leaves in pairs, while joe-pye weeds have whorls of four or more.
- White-Bracted Thoroughwort
Joe-Pye weed is normally pink, though rarely white. Thoroughword flowers grow in a flat cluster, while Joe-Pye weed had a large, domed cluster of flowers.
We started out as wildflowers from the bicycle trails of western Pennsylvania, but we've
grown!
Meyer, Joseph E. (1918). The Herbalist and Herb Doctor. Hammond, Ind.: Indiana Herb Gardens. 400 pp.
