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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Asteraceae
Eupatorium purpureum L.
green-stemmed Joe-Pye-weed, purple Joe-Pye-weed
Eupatorium: from Greek name Mithridates Eupator, King of Pontus about 115BC who is said to have discovered an antidote to a commonly used poison in one of the species
purpureum: from Latin for "purple"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 4'-6' tall, hairless forb; stems greenish except with purple usually only at the nodes, not spotted, usually solid inside |
| Flower: | head with 4 -7 pale pink to purplish flowers; inflorescence usually a domed, branched cluster; blooms Aug.-Sept. |
| Leaf: | sharply toothed, mostly in whorls of 3-4, veins pinnately-arranged  |
| Habitat: | full sun to partial shade; dry to moderate moisture; meadows, prairies, woods; in sandy, loamy soil |
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