(Jul-96; Diane's Xing - left, pink)
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Spotted Joe-Pye-Weed
Family: Daisy
Season: summer
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Spotted Joe-Pye-Weed
A common mid/late-summer flower along stream banks, damp areas, ditches; often lining whole stream banks with its pale, dusty, rose-purple color. Flat-topped, pale rose-purple, fuzzy terminal flower clusters form in mounds. Hairy, toothed, lance-shaped leaves in whorles of four or more on a tall purple-jointed stalk (3-5'). Spotted Joe-Pye-Weed has purple spots along the stem - and is by far the most common. Blooms start in July, but really gets into swing mid-August, hence its said to be the Herald of Fall.
The plant is name after the famous early american naturalist, Joe Pye.
Above shows typical habitat surrounded by Boneset (center) and Purple Loosestrife (right)