Sweet Joe-Pye Weed, Green-stemmed Joe-Pye Weed, Eupatorium purpureum L., Native Minnesota Wildflower plant, Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden

(Green-stemmed Joe-Pye Weed) Joe-Pye Weeds have leaves in whorls of 3 to 4 leaves on tall (from 3 to 7 feet) stout stems. Flowers are purple or pink, small, but numerous in branched clusters atop the stem. This variety has a solid stem, greenish with purple usually at the leaf nodes. The plant has a vanilla scent when bruised hence the common name. 4 to 7 pink to purplish flowers in each of the branched clusters which form a dome shape. Leaves are toothed, have a pinnate vein arrangement. This is a native plant that grows well in the home garden as a backdrop specimen. Single plants will grow into nice clumps in just a few years. The species name, purpureum, is from the Latin for "purple." For a detailed description of the common name and of the genus name, Eupatorium, please see the lore page for Spotted Joe-Pye Weed (click button)

	Plants of the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden
	Common Name	Scientific Name	Plant Family	Garden Location	Prime Season
	Sweet Scented Joe-Pye Weed	Eupatorium purpureum L.	Aster (Composite)	Upland	Late Summer to Early Autumn
Other names and notes	(Green-stemmed Joe-Pye Weed) Joe-Pye Weeds have leaves in whorls of 3 to 4 leaves on tall (from 3 to 7 feet) stout stems. Flowers are purple or pink, small, but numerous in branched clusters atop the stem. This variety has a solid stem, greenish with purple usually at the leaf nodes. The plant has a vanilla scent when bruised hence the common name. 4 to 7 pink to purplish flowers in each of the branched clusters which form a dome shape. Leaves are toothed, have a pinnate vein arrangement. This is a native plant that grows well in the home garden as a backdrop specimen. Single plants will grow into nice clumps in just a few years. The species name, purpureum, is from the Latin for "purple." For a detailed description of the common name and of the genus name, Eupatorium, please see the lore page for Spotted Joe-Pye Weed (click button)