Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
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.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eutrochium maculatum var. maculatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eutrochium maculatum var. maculatum
INCLUDED WITHIN Tennessee Flora Committee (2015)
Eutrochium maculatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Eutrochium maculatum var. 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
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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 (4/14/23):
Eutrochium maculatum var. maculatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eutrochium maculatum var. maculatum
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eutrochium maculatum var. maculatum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Tennessee Flora Committee (2015)
Eutrochium maculatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Eutrochium maculatum var. 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
Uncommon in NC Mountains (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 3-6
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
- 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
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