Eutrochium purpureum

Eutrochium purpureum, commonly known as sweet Joe Pye weed, sweet-scented Joe Pye weed or purple Joe Pye weed, is an herbaceous perennial plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to eastern and central North America, from Ontario east to New Hampshire and south as far as Florida, Louisiana, and Oklahoma.

Description

A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It can grow 3 m tall. It forms clumps. The flower heads are large and pink. The flowers are tube shaped.

Edible Uses

Roots are burnt to ash and used as a vegetable salt. Leaves, stems, and flowers are used to make tea.

Traditional Uses

The roots are burnt to ash and this is used as a vegetable salt.

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Medicinal Uses

The roots are burnt to ash and used as a vegetable salt.

Distribution

It is a temperate plant.

Where It Grows

Canada, New Zealand, North America, USA,

Notes

Possibly now Eutrochium purpureum (L.) E.E. Lamont 2004

Synonyms

Also Known As

Gravel root

References (2)

• Moerman, D. F., 2010, Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press. p 230 (As Eupatorium purpureum)
• www.wildediblefood.com (As Eupatorium purpureum)

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