Sweetscented Joe Pye Weed

Eutrochium purpureum (L.) E.E. Lamont

Aster family

Plant Type

Forb/herb

Life Cycle

Perennial

Height

6.0 feet

Flower Color

Pink, Purple

Bloom Time

Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer

Growing Conditions

Sunlight Tolerant

Ecosystem & Wildlife

Pollinators Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Moths; Butterflies; Monarchs; Larval Host (Moth)

Larval Host Emmelina monodactyla, Endopiza slingerlandana, Hellinsia homodactylus, Herpetogramma pertextalis, Oidaematophorus cretidactylus, Oidaematophorus eupatorii, Papaipema eupatorii, Perigea xanthioides, Schinia bifascia, Schinia trifascia

Native Range

USA: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
CAN: Ontario

Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.