Joe-pye weed

Eupatorium maculatum

(a.k.a. Eutrochium maculatum)

Habitat:
   Light: sun
   Moisture: wet mesic -wet

   Height: 4 -6 ft.
   Flowering Time: late summer

Notes: an upright perennial; An excellent nectar source for butterflies; naturalizes well in wet soil; tolerates typical garden conditions as an ornamental.

   Range in Michigan: SE,SW,NL,UP

NPN prices/ sizes:

Monarch butterfly feeding on flowers

onset of flowering in wet meadow

Joe-Pye flowers in the sun