Eutrochium maculatum (Spotted Joe Pye Weed)

grows 3-5 ft. tall

sun to part shade

medium to wet soil

pink blooms late July-Aug.

benefits bumblebees, solitary bees, butterflies/moths

larval host plant for Three-lined Flower Moth and Ruby Tiger Moth

associated with azure butterflies, silver spotted skipper butterfly, white admiral butterfly, Milbert’s tortoiseshell butterfly, eastern swallowtail tiger butterfly, monarch butterfly, rusty-patched bumblebee, cuckoo bees, and leafcutter bees

natural habitat: calcareous fens and spring marshes, wet meadows, and stream banks; rare in the mountains and northern Piedmont

good companion plants: ironweed (purple), white turtlehead (white), swamp milkweed (rose), Culver’s root (white)