Eutrochium purpureum, commonly known as sweet Joe Pye weed, sweet-scented Joe Pye weed or purple Joe Pye weed, is an herbaceous perennial plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to eastern and central North America, from Ontario east to New Hampshire and south as far as Florida, Louisiana, and Oklahoma.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Sweet Joe-Pye-weed being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Eutrochium
- Species
- Eutrochium purpureum
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