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Joe-Pye Weed
Eupatorium maculatum		  
Family Composite  (Compositae)
Bloom Summer
Habitat Bogs, swales, stream banks, roadsides
Status Native
Cycle Perennial
Height 2-10 feet
Flower Large flat clusters of pink-purple flowers 5-10" wide.  Hundreds of individual flowers 1/4" wide make up the flower head.
Leaf Whorls of 4-5, long, narrow, pointed at both ends.  Leaves are coarsely toothed.
Notes Stems have purplish spots.  This plant is named for Joe Pye, and American Indian medicine man. 

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