Eutrochium dubium
Species of flowering plant
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Eutrochium dubium,[2] also called coastal plain joe pye weed, is a North American flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the eastern United States and Canada, primarily the Atlantic coastal plain from Georgia to Nova Scotia.[3]
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Eutrochium |
| Species: | E. dubium |
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Eutrochium dubium is a herbaceous perennial plant herb sometimes as much as 170 cm (68 inches or 5 2/3 feet) tall. Stems are sometimes purple, sometimes green with purple spots. The plant produces numerous flower heads in flat-topped arrays, each head has 4-10 dark purple (rarely pink or white) disc florets but no ray florets.[4] The flowers are attractive to birds.[5]
Eutrochium dubium prefers full sun to part shade. It will grow in a variety of soil types, provided the soil does not dry out.[6]
