Asteraceae
Sweet joe pye weed
Eutrochium purpureum
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Eutrochium
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![Sweet joe pye weed: Eutrochium purpureum (Linnaeus) E.E.Lamont ( Eupatorium purpureum Linnaeus), Kidney-root[1], Sweetscented Joe-Pie weed, Sweet Joe-Pye weed, or Trumpet weed is a](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Eutrochium_purpureum_%286014019908%29.jpg/1280px-Eutrochium_purpureum_%286014019908%29.jpg)
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 紫红花泽兰
- English
- Sweet joe pye weed, Sweetscented joe pye weed, Boneset, Gravelroot, Green-stem joe-pyeweed, Green-stemmed Joe-Pye-weed, Joe-pye, Joe-pyeweed
- German
- Purpur-Wasserdost
Synonyms
- Cunigunda purpurea (L.) Lunell
- Eupatorium purpureum f. purpureum
- Eupatorium purpureum subsp. purpureum
- Eupatorium purpureum var. album Barratt ex Alph.Wood
- Eupatorium purpureum var. purpureum
- Eupatorium purpureum var. verticillatum Alph.Wood
- Eupatorium trifoliatum Stev.
- Eupatorium trifoliatum var. amoenum Farw.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Charles de Mille-Isles from Mille-Isles, Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Epibase, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: la cris La, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Charles de Mille-Isles from Mille-Isles, Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: doug.deneve, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Charles de Mille-Isles from Mille-Isles, Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: sasha vuksinic, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Zsofi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Christine Ramsey, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Anthony Fernandez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: I Birn, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Jennifer Bunner, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.