Spotted Joe Pye Weed, PA Ecotype

Eupatorium maculatum (Spotted Joe Pye Weed), also known as Eutrochium maculatum, is an erect-growing, clump-forming native perennial that typically grows to 6.1 ft. Spotted Joe Pye Weed blooms in late summer/early fall with purplish flowers that attract butterflies. Eupatorium maculatum has purple speckled stems that are pithy inside. The leaves of Spotted Joe Pye Weed are in a whorled arrangement (more than three leaves at each leaf arrangement) on the stem. Eupatorium maculatum grows in light shade to full sun in mesic to wet soils of alluvial thickets, floodplains, and swamps. Spotted Joe Pye Weed can be found from Maine, through the mountains of North Carolina and North Dakota, to Wyoming, Arizona, and New Mexico. Eupatorium maculatum is used in pollinator-friendly riparian, storm basin, wet meadow, and wetland seed mixes. Spotted Joe Pye Weed is a member of the aster (Asteraceae) family. The alternate genus name Eutrochium is derived from the Greek words eu and troche, which mean well and wheel-like, respectively, referring to its leaves. The species name maculatum means spotted, referring to the stems.