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Eutrochium dubium

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Eutrochium dubium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Eutrochium
Species:
E. dubium
Binomial name
Eutrochium dubium
Synonyms[1]
  • Eupatoriadelphus dubius (Willd. ex Poir.) R.M. King & H. Rob.
  • Eupatorium dubium Willd. ex Poir.

Eutrochium dubium,[2] also called coastal plain joe pye weed, is a North American flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the eastern United States and Canada, primarily the Atlantic coastal plain from Georgia to Nova Scotia.[3]

Eutrochium dubium is a herbaceous perennial plant herb sometimes as much as 170 cm (68 inches or 5 2/3 feet) tall. Stems are sometimes purple, sometimes green with purple spots. The plant produces numerous flower heads in flat-topped arrays, each head has 4-10 dark purple (rarely pink or white) disc florets but no ray florets.[4] The flowers are attractive to birds.[5]

Eutrochium dubium prefers full sun to part shade. It will grow in a variety of soil types, provided the soil does not dry out.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Eutrochium dubium (Willd. ex Poir.) E.E. Lamont". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  2. ^ "Eutrochium dubium". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Eutrochium dubium". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
  4. ^ Lamont, Eric E. (2006). "Eutrochium dubium". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 21. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  5. ^ "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  6. ^ "Eutrochium dubium (Coastal Plain Joe Pye Weed, Coastal Plain Joe-Pye Weed, Coastal Plain Joepye weed, Joe Pye Thoroughwort, Three-nerved Joe-pye-weed) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox". plants.ces.ncsu.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-22.