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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Eutrochium steelei   FAMILY Asteraceae__   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eutrochium steelei   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Eutrochium steelei

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Eutrochium steelei

SYNONYMOUS WITH Phylogeny & biogeography of Eupatorium (Schmidt & Schilling, 2000)

Eupatoriadelphus steelei

SYNONYMOUS WITH Taxonomy of Eupatorium section Verticillata (Asteraceae) (Lamont, 1995)

Eupatorium steelei

 

COMMON NAME:
Appalachian Joe-pye-weed, Steele's Joe-pye-weed


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image of Eutrochium steelei, Appalachian Joe-pye-weed, Steele's Joe-pye-weed

JK Marlow    jkm140519_909

May    Jackson County    NC

Big Ridge Preserve

Leaves average 3-4 per whorl, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Eutrochium steelei, Appalachian Joe-pye-weed, Steele's Joe-pye-weed

JK Marlow    jkm140519_911

May    Jackson County    NC

Big Ridge Preserve

image of Eutrochium steelei, Appalachian Joe-pye-weed, Steele's Joe-pye-weed

JK Marlow    jkm180828_4348

August    Jackson County    NC

Big Ridge Preserve

image of Eutrochium steelei, Appalachian Joe-pye-weed, Steele's Joe-pye-weed

JK Marlow    jkm180828_4355

August    Jackson County    NC

Big Ridge Preserve

image of Eutrochium steelei, Appalachian Joe-pye-weed, Steele's Joe-pye-weed

JK Marlow    jkm180828_4359

August    Jackson County    NC

Big Ridge Preserve

image of Eutrochium steelei, Appalachian Joe-pye-weed, Steele's Joe-pye-weed

JK Marlow    jkm180828_4360

August    Jackson County    NC

Big Ridge Preserve

image of Eutrochium steelei, Appalachian Joe-pye-weed, Steele's Joe-pye-weed

Ron Lance    rwl_eup_steelei

August    Jackson County    NC

Big Ridge Preserve

Flowers pale pink-purple, inflorescence rounded, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Eutrochium steelei, Appalachian Joe-pye-weed, Steele's Joe-pye-weed

JK Marlow    jkm111008_799

October    Jackson County    NC

Balsam Mountain Preserve

Stem persistently glandular-pubescent throughout, per Weakley's Flora.


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE stems of Joe Pye Weed species

image of Eutrochium steelei, Appalachian Joe-pye-weed, Steele's Joe-pye-weed

JK Marlow    jkm111008_802

October    Jackson County    NC

Balsam Mountain Preserve

Leaves mostly 2-2.5x as long as wide, lower surface glandular-pubescent, per Weakley's Flora.


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE leaves of Joe Pye Weed species

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Eutrochium steelei   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eutrochium steelei   FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eutrochium steelei

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Eutrochium steelei

SYNONYMOUS WITH Phylogeny & biogeography of Eupatorium (Schmidt & Schilling, 2000)
Eupatoriadelphus steelei

SYNONYMOUS WITH Taxonomy of Eupatorium section Verticillata (Asteraceae) (Lamont, 1995)
Eupatorium steelei

 

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2123

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Cove hardwood and northern hardwood forests, up to at least 1600 m, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Uncommon in NC Mountains

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LEAVES:
Simple
Whorls of (2-)3-4(-5)

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Pale purplish-pink
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Lustrous black
Achene

 

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