Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Eutrochium maculatum var. maculatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Spotted Joe-pye-weed may indeed have red-purple speckled stems, but not always distinctly so. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eutrochium maculatum var. maculatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN Tennessee Flora Committee (2015)
Eutrochium 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
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_euma6_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_euma6_002_lvd
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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).
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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).
COMPARE
stems of Joe Pye Weed species
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JK Marlow jkm060723_112
July Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm0508c_11
August Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Leaves average 4-5 per whorl, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
leaves of Joe Pye Weed species
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JK Marlow jkm0508c_36
August Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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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).
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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 (10/20/20):
Eutrochium maculatum var. maculatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eutrochium maculatum var. maculatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
INCLUDED WITHIN
Tennessee Flora Committee (2015)
Eutrochium 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__
551
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Marl fens, wet calcareous meadows, cove forests, grassy balds, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Click here to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Whorls of 3-6
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Purplish-pink
Rays: Absent
Bisexual
Inferior ovary
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 the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p128
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p116
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p436
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p106
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p257
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p082
- 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