NC Native Plant Society:
Plant Details

Eutrochium dubium [= Eupatorium dubium]

Scientific Name:	Eutrochium dubium [= Eupatorium dubium]
Genus:	Eutrochium
Species Epithet:	dubium
Common Name:	Three-nerved Joe-Pye-weed, Coastal Plain Joe-Pye-weed, Joe-Pye Thoroughwort
Plant Type	Herb/Wildflower
Life Cycle	Perennial
Plant Family	Asteraceae (Aster Family)
Native/Alien:	NC Native
Invasive Status:	^(*Key)
Size:	1-3 ft., 3-6 ft.
Bloom Color(s):	Purple
Light:	Sun - 6 or more hours of sun per day, Part Shade - 2 to 6 hours of sun per day
Soil Moisture:	Moist, Wet
Bloom Time:	August, September, October
Growing Area:	Piedmont, Sandhills, Coastal Plain
Habitat Description:	Swamp forests, pocosins, other wet, acidic habitats. Uncommon in NC piedmont, common in the sandhills and southern coastal plain.
Leaf Arrangement:	Whorled
Leaf Retention:	Deciduous
Leaf Type:	Leaves veined, not needle-like or scale-like
Leaf Form:	Simple
Life Cycle:	Perennial
Wildlife Value:	Important for Wildlife
Landscape Value:	Recommended and Available
State Rank:	S4: Apparently secure, S5: Secure ^(*Key)
Global Rank:	G5 - Secure ^(*Key)
Notes:	Cultivars available.
Pink flower clusters with leaves in whorls of 3 or 4 Washington County RI Lisa Lofland Gould
Links:	USDA PLANTS Database Record https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/plant_list.php https://nc.audubon.org/700 https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/eutrochium-dubium/ https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/eutrochium/dubium/

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