Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Eutrochium dubium
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Coastal Plain Joe Pye Weed's leaves show 3 main veins that all begin at the summit of the leafstalk, unlike NC's other species. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eutrochium dubium
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eutrochium dubium
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Eutrochium dubium
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Eupatorium dubium
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Eupatoriadelphus dubius
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-001:
Eupatorium dubium FAMILY Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eupatorium purpureum
COMMON NAME:
Coastal Plain Joe-pye-weed, Three-nerved Joe-pye-weed
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_eutrochium_dubium1
August Moore County NC
Stems solid, purple-spotted, glabrate. Leaves distinctly 3-veined, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Eutrochium dubium
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eutrochium dubium
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eutrochium dubium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Eutrochium dubium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Eupatorium dubium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Eupatoriadelphus dubius
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-34-001:
Eupatorium dubium
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eupatorium purpureum
548
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: swamp forests, pocosins, small stream margins and streamheads, other wet, acidic habitats, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, uncommon in Carolina Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Whorls of 3-4
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: 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
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p044
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p436
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p390
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p106
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p257
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