Eutrochium purpureum (Sweet Joe Pye Weed)

grows 5-7 ft. tall (TALL)

sun to part shade

medium moisture (mesic) to moist/wet but well-drained soil

July-Sept.

vanilla-scented (hence, the name “sweet”)

benefits bumblebees, solitary bees, butterflies/moths

larval host plant

natural habitat: mesic to dry-mesic upland forests; less frequently in dry forests, woodlands, barrens, well-drained floodplain forests, seepage swamps, and fens; common in the mountains and inner Piedmont