Eutrochium purpureum

(Linnaeus) E. E. Lamont

Sida 21: 902. 2004.

Common names: Sweetscented or sweet joepyeweed
IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Eupatorium purpureum Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 2: 838. 1753
Synonyms: Eupatoriadelphus purpureus (Linnaeus) R. M. King & H. Robinson
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 477. Mentioned on page 475.
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Plants 30–200 cm. Stems usually dark purple at nodes, usually otherwise greenish, rarely purplish green, usually solid, rarely ± hollow near bases, glabrous proximally, ± glandular-puberulent distally and among heads. Leaves mostly in 3s–4s(–5s); petioles 5–15(–20) mm, glabrous or sparingly puberulent, rarely ciliate; blades pinnately veined, lance-ovate or ovate to deltate-ovate, mostly (7–)9–26(–30) × (2.5–)3–15(–18) cm, bases abruptly or gradually tapered, margins coarsely serrate, abaxial faces sparingly and minutely gland-dotted and densely pubescent to glabrate, adaxial faces sparingly puberulent and glabrescent or glabrous. Heads in loose, convex, compound corymbiform arrays. Involucres often purplish, 6.5–9 × 2.5–5 mm. Phyllaries usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely hairy. Florets (4–)5–7(–8); corollas usually pale pinkish or purplish, 4.5–7 mm. Cypselae 3–4.5 mm.

Distribution

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Ont., Ala., Ark., Conn., Del., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., La., Mass., Md., Mich., Minn., Miss., Mo., N.C., N.H., N.J., N.Y., Nebr., Ohio, Okla., Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Va., Vt., W.Va., Wis.

Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

Eutrochium purpureum is morphologically variable and is known to hybridize with all other species in the genus (E. E. Lamont 1995). Historically, more than a dozen infraspecific taxa have been recognized; the extent of intergradation and the lack of correlation among varying traits tend to make recognition of more than two varieties impractical.

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Leaves: abaxial faces usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely to densely hairy along major veins (hairs fine, simple, 1-cellular); s New Hampshire to n Florida, w to se Minnesota, Iowa, and e Oklahoma Eutrochium purpureum var. purpureum
1 Leaves: abaxial faces densely and persistently puberulent to villous; s Minnesota, Iowa, and ne Kansas to s Wisconsin, n Illinois, and n Missouri Eutrochium purpureum var. holzingeri
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Eric E. Lamont +
(Linnaeus) E. E. Lamont +
Eupatorium purpureum +
Sweetscented or sweet joepyeweed +
Ont. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Conn. +, Del. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Ky. +, La. +, Mass. +, Md. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.C. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, Nebr. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Va. +, Vt. +, W.Va. +  and Wis. +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
Eupatoriadelphus purpureus +
Eutrochium purpureum +
Eutrochium +
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