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Eutrochium maculatum
spotted Joe-pye weed
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Distribution: Known only from Whatcom County in Washington; southern British Columbia to Washington, east across the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains to the Atlantic Coast.

Habitat: Swamps and other moist, open places, from sea level to middle elevations.

Flowers: July-September

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Historical in Washington (WANHP)

Description:
General:

Stout, fibrous-rooted perennial, 6-20 dm. tall.

Leaves:

Leaves whorled, mostly in 3s or 4s, lance-elliptic to lance-ovate, narrowed to the petiole, 6-20 cm. long and 2-7 cm. wide, sharply serrate, densely covered beneath with short, spreading, curly hairs.

Flowers:

Heads clustered in a rather flat-topped inflorescence; involucre 6.5-9 mm. high, often purplish; flowers purple, all with tubular corollas, 9-22 in each head; pappus of numerous capillary bristles.

Fruits:

Achenes 5-angled, glandular.

Accepted Name:
Eutrochium maculatum (L.) E.E. Lamont
Publication: Sida. 21: 902. 2004.

Synonyms & Misapplications:
Eupatoriadelphus maculatus (L.) R.M. King & H. Rob.
Eupatorium maculatum L. [HC]
Infraspecies:
Additional Resources:

PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Eutrochium maculatum in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database

WA Flora Checklist: Eutrochium maculatum checklist entry

OregonFlora: Eutrochium maculatum information

E-Flora BC: Eutrochium maculatum atlas page

CalPhotos: Eutrochium maculatum photos

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