Family | Composite (Compositae) |
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Bloom | Summer |
Habitat | Bogs, marshes, streams, lakes, ditches |
Status | Native |
Cycle | Perennial |
Height | 2-10′ |
Flower | Flowers are found in large flat clusters of pink-purple flowers 5-10″ wide. Hundreds of individual flowers 1/4″ wide make up the flower head. |
Leaf | Whorls of 4-5 long, narrow leaves pointed at both ends. Leaves are coarsely toothed. |
Notes | Stems have purplish spots. This plant is named for Joe Pye, an American Indian medicine man. |