Hollow Joe-Pye Weed Image: Wasowski, Sally and Andy, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Flowering in late summer to early fall, Joe-pye weed (Eutrochium fistulosum) shows pale purple or pinkish florets. The stems are purple or greenish, and the plant can grow 5 to 12 feet high. This member of the Aster family is known to attract “scores of butterflies,” according to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center‘s database, as well as honey bees and swamp sparrow birds, which eat the seeds.
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Sources: wildflower.org/gallery/result.php?id_image=22448; plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=EUFI14; missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=c720
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