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Eutrochium fistulosum (Barratt)E.E.Lamont
Queen-of-the-meadow
Joe Pye Weed
Trumpetweed
Synonym(s): Eupatorium fistulosum
Florida native
An occasional plant of moist hammocks and flatwoods in the central peninsula from Polk and Osceola Counties to Volusia and Putnum Counties. Also found in the panhandle from Jefferson County westward. Distributed throughout the eastern United States west into Texas and Oklahoma and north to the Great Lakes states and New England. Also in Quebec.
Stems are hollow and can be up to 3m (10 ft.) tall with four to seven whorled leaves. The stem is usually purple and smooth, sometimes with a whitish coating. The lanceolate to elliptic leaves are petiolate and toothed, have a single vein (although the bracts below the inflorescence may be triple veined) and are up to 10cm (4 in.) wide and 25cm (10 in.) long. The small pink to purplish flowers lack rays and appear in large rounded terminal clusters. There are four to seven florets in each head.
Eutrochium fistulosum is a member of the Asteraceae - Aster family.
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (Institute for Systemic Botany) profile for this species
iNaturalist profile for this species
USDA Plant Profile for this species
Date record last modified: Feb 07, 2023
