This Purple Stem Joe-pye Weed is just beginning to flower. A native Indiana plant.
Once having the botanical name Eupatorium fistulosum, the most current name is Eutrochium fistulosum.
Pictures taken July 4, 2012
Link to Eutrochium fistulosum:
Link to Eutrochium fistulosum:
I remember an incident where my mom purchased a plant labelled 'butterfly bush'. Come to find out, it turned out to be a bucket of Joe-pye weed! Oh, she was mad!
ReplyDeleteGreat pics, though- I had no idea it grew so tall!