Eutrochium purpureum, also known as purple Joe-Pye weed or sweetscented joe pye weed, is a perennial plant native to eastern and central North America. It grows up to 1.5-2.4 meters tall and has purple stems with whorls of leaves. The flowers, which bloom in mid to late summer, attract insects that feed on their nectar. This plant shows a high amount of variability and has three recognized varieties. It is also known to hybridize with other species of Eutrochium. Many species of butterflies, moths, bees, and flies visit the flowers, and it serves as a host to several moth species. Eutrochium purpureum is sometimes cultivated and has been found in parts of New Zealand where it has escaped from cultivation.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Eupatorium purpureum	L.	Sp. Pl. : 838 (1753)
Eupatorium trifoliatum	L.	Sp. Pl. : 837 (1753)
Eupatorium falcatum	Michaux	Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 99. 1803.
Eupatorium purpureum var. album	Barratt ex Alph.Wood	Class-book Bot., ed. 2. 314. 1847
Eupatorium harnedii	E.S.Steele ex Harned	Wild Fl. Alleghanies 501. 1931
Eupatoriadelphus purpureus	(L.) R.M.King & H.Rob.	Phytologia 19: 432 (1970)
Eupatorium purpureum var. falcatum	(Michx.) Britton	Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 312 (1894)
Eupatorium fuscorubrum	Walter	Fl. Carol. : 199 (1788)
Eupatorium trifoliatum var. amoenum	Farw.	Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 20: 191 (1918)
Eupatorium purpureum var. ovatum	Alph.Wood	Class-book Bot. : 184 (1845)
Eupatorium falcatum	Michx.	Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 99 (1803)
Eupatorium purpureum var. purpureum	L.
Eupatorium purpureum var. amoenum	(Pursh) A.Gray	Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 96 (1884)
Eupatorium purpureum var. verticillatum	Alph.Wood	Class-book Bot. : 184 (1845)
Eupatorium trifoliatum	hort.dorp. ex Stev.	in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxix. (1856) II. 371
Cunigunda purpurea	Lunell	Amer. Midl. Naturalist 5: 35 (1917)
Eupatorium amoenum	Pursh	Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 514 (1813)

Common names Top

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	motherwort
English	sweet joepyeweed
English	sweetscented or sweet joepyeweed
English	sweetscented joepyeweed
English	sweet-scent joe-pyeweed
English	sweet joe-pyeweed
English	sweet joe pye weed
English	queen-of-the-meadow
English	queen of the meadow
English	purple joe-pye-weed
English	purple joe-pye weed
English	marsh-milkweed
English	joe-pyeweed
English	joe-pye
English	green-stemmed joe-pye-weed
English	green-stem joe-pyeweed
English	gravelroot
English	boneset
English	quillwort
English	sweetscented joe pye weed
German	purpur-wasserdost
Swedish	rosenflockel
Chinese	紫红花泽兰

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Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

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Name	Authority	First published in
Eutrochium purpureum var. carolinianum	Sorrie	Phytoneuron 2010-43: 1 (-6; figs. 2-3, ma (2010)
Eutrochium purpureum var. holzingeri	(Rydb.) E.E.Lamont	Sida 21(2): 902 (2004)

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Germination/Propagation Top

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Middle Europe
  - Switzerland
- Northern Europe
  - Norway

Northern America click to expand
- Eastern Canada
  - Ontario
- North-central U.S.A.
  - Illinois
  - Iowa
  - Kansas
  - Minnesota
  - Missouri
  - Nebraska
  - Oklahoma
  - Wisconsin
- Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Connecticut
  - Indiana
  - Massachusetts
  - Michigan
  - New Hampshire
  - New Jersey
  - New York
  - Ohio
  - Pennsylvania
  - Rhode Island
  - Vermont
  - West Virginia
- Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama
  - Arkansas
  - Delaware
  - Florida
  - Georgia
  - Kentucky
  - Louisiana
  - Maryland
  - Mississippi
  - North Carolina
  - South Carolina
  - Tennessee
  - Virginia

Links to other databases Top

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000077471
UNII	3U7GA4SUTD
Florida Plant Atlas	3957
Flora of Alabama	748
Canadensys	3167
USDA Plants	EUPU21
Tropicos	50274908
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60437842-2
The Plant List	gcc-34096
Missouri Botanical Garden	292660
Open Tree Of Life	329735
NCBI Taxonomy	102766
IPNI	60437842-2
iNaturalist	85378
GBIF	3138192
Freebase	/m/02w3196
WisFlora	11960
Elurikkus	4729
USDA GRIN	459154
Wikipedia	Eutrochium_purpureum
CMAUP	NPO22890

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Commodity risk assessment of Petunia spp. and Calibrachoa spp. unrooted cuttings from Guatemala

Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Gonthier P, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Civera AV, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Schulz OM, Kariampa P, Manda RR, Selam A, Akrivou A, Antonatos S, Beris D, Debode J, Kritikos C, Kormpi M, Lacomme C, Manceau C, Papachristos D, Reppa C, Gardi C, Potting R

EFSA J

25-Jan-2024

PMCID:	PMC10809878
doi:	10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8544
PMID:	38273989

A Topical Botanical Ointment for Self-Reported Hip and/or Knee Pain: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial

Bloomer RJ, Pence J, Morris R Jr, B. Stockton M, Signaigo A

J Evid Based Integr Med

22-Nov-2022

PMCID:	PMC9703169
doi:	10.1177/2515690X221138824
PMID:	36412015

The In Vitro Inhibitory Effect of Selected Asteraceae Plants on Pancreatic Lipase Followed by Phenolic Content Identification through Liquid Chromatography High Resolution Mass Spectrometry (LC-HRMS)

Tsagkaris AS, Louckova A, Jaegerova T, Tokarova V, Hajslova J

Int J Mol Sci

23-Sep-2022

PMCID:	PMC9569725
doi:	10.3390/ijms231911204
PMID:	36232503

Camera traps are an effective tool for monitoring insect–plant interactions

Naqvi Q, Wolff PJ, Molano‐Flores B, Sperry JH

Ecol Evol

02-Jun-2022

PMCID:	PMC9163375
doi:	10.1002/ece3.8962
PMID:	35784070

Natural Compounds as Target Biomolecules in Cellular Adhesion and Migration: From Biomolecular Stimulation to Label-Free Discovery and Bioactivity-Based Isolation

Péter B, Boldizsár I, Kovács GM, Erdei A, Bajtay Z, Vörös A, Ramsden JJ, Szabó I, Bősze S, Horvath R

Biomedicines

26-Nov-2021

PMCID:	PMC8698624
doi:	10.3390/biomedicines9121781
PMID:	34944597

Toxic Wasting Disorders in Sheep

Molín J, Mendonça FS, Henderson EE, Nyaoke AC, Ramírez GA, Navarro MA, Uzal FA, Asín J

Animals (Basel)

18-Jan-2021

PMCID:	PMC7831912
doi:	10.3390/ani11010229
PMID:	33477688

Promising Roles of Alternative Medicine and Plant-Based Nanotechnology as Remedies for Urinary Tract Infections

Chandra H, Singh C, Kumari P, Yadav S, Mishra AP, Laishevtcev A, Brisc C, Brisc MC, Munteanu MA, Bungau S

Molecules

28-Nov-2020

PMCID:	PMC7731396
doi:	10.3390/molecules25235593
PMID:	33260701

Multi-locus phylogeny and taxonomy of an unresolved, heterogeneous species complex within the genus Golovinomyces (Ascomycota, Erysiphales), including G. ambrosiae, G. circumfusus and G. spadiceus

Qiu PL, Liu SY, Bradshaw M, Rooney-Latham S, Takamatsu S, Bulgakov TS, Tang SR, Feng J, Jin DN, Aroge T, Li Y, Wang LL, Braun U

BMC Microbiol

05-Mar-2020

PMCID:	PMC7059721
doi:	10.1186/s12866-020-01731-9
PMID:	32138640

Volatile Compositions and Antifungal Activities of Native American Medicinal Plants: Focus on the Asteraceae

Lawson SK, Sharp LG, Powers CN, McFeeters RL, Satyal P, Setzer WN

Plants (Basel)

19-Jan-2020

PMCID:	PMC7020142
doi:	10.3390/plants9010126
PMID:	31963839

Novel insights into how the mean and heterogeneity of abiotic conditions together shape forb species richness patterns in the Allegheny plateau ecoregion

Catella SA, Eysenbach SR, Abbott KC

Ecol Evol

30-Sep-2019

PMCID:	PMC6875668
doi:	10.1002/ece3.5508
PMID:	31788184

Arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization has little consequence for plant heavy metal uptake in contaminated field soils

Dietterich LH, Gonneau C, Casper BB

Ecol Appl

12-Jul-2017

PMCID:	PMC5581990
doi:	10.1002/eap.1573
PMID:	28482132

Nectar sampling for prairie and oak savanna butterfly restoration

Arnold PM, Michaels HJ

Appl Plant Sci

21-Jun-2017

PMCID:	PMC5499304
doi:	10.3732/apps.1600148
PMID:	28690931

Multiple Polyploidization Events across Asteraceae with Two Nested Events in the Early History Revealed by Nuclear Phylogenomics

Huang CH, Zhang C, Liu M, Hu Y, Gao T, Qi J, Ma H

Mol Biol Evol

07-Sep-2016

PMCID:	PMC5062320
doi:	10.1093/molbev/msw157
PMID:	27604225

Macronutrient ratios in pollen shape bumble bee (Bombus impatiens) foraging strategies and floral preferences

Vaudo AD, Patch HM, Mortensen DA, Tooker JF, Grozinger CM

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

28-Jun-2016

PMCID:	PMC4948365
doi:	10.1073/pnas.1606101113
PMID:	27357683

Supporting crop pollinators with floral resources: network-based phenological matching

Russo L, DeBarros N, Yang S, Shea K, Mortensen D

Ecol Evol

02-Aug-2013

PMCID:	PMC3790556
doi:	10.1002/ece3.703
PMID:	24101999

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Alkaloids and derivatives / Aporphines
N-acetylanonaine	6453733	Click to see CC(=O)N1CCC2=CC3=C(C4=C2C1CC5=CC=CC=C54)OCO3	307.30	unknown	via CMAUP database
N-Acetyldehydroanonaine	5315739	Click to see CC(=O)N1CCC2=CC3=C(C4=C2C1=CC5=CC=CC=C54)OCO3	305.30	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Alkaloids and derivatives / Benzophenanthridine alkaloids / Dihydrobenzophenanthridine alkaloids
(2S)-2-[[(13R)-1,2-dimethoxy-12-methyl-13H-[1,3]benzodioxolo[5,6-c]phenanthridin-13-yl]methyl]-7-methoxy-2,6-dimethylpyrano[3,2-c]quinolin-5-one	102236946	Click to see CC1(C=CC2=C(O1)C3=C(C(=CC=C3)OC)N(C2=O)C)CC4C5=C(C=CC(=C5OC)OC)C6=C(N4C)C7=CC8=C(C=C7C=C6)OCO8	618.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Alkaloids and derivatives / Benzophenanthridine alkaloids / Quaternary benzophenanthridine alkaloids
Chelerythrine	2703	Click to see C[N+]1=C2C(=C3C=CC(=C(C3=C1)OC)OC)C=CC4=CC5=C(C=C42)OCO5	348.40	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Alkaloids and derivatives / Benzophenanthridine alkaloids / Secobenzophenanthridine alkaloids
Simulansamide	5321312	Click to see CN(C=O)C1=C(C=CC2=CC(=C(C=C21)OC)OC)C3=C(C(=C(C=C3)OC)OC)O	397.40	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Benzenoids / Benzene and substituted derivatives / Benzoic acids and derivatives / Hydroxybenzoic acid derivatives / Gallic acid and derivatives
Syringic acid	10742	Click to see COC1=CC(=CC(=C1O)OC)C(=O)O	198.17	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Benzenoids / Benzene and substituted derivatives / Benzoic acids and derivatives / Methoxybenzoic acids and derivatives / M-methoxybenzoic acids and derivatives
Vanillic Acid	8468	Click to see COC1=C(C=CC(=C1)C(=O)O)O	168.15	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Benzenoids / Phenols / 1-hydroxy-2-unsubstituted benzenoids
Pyrrolezanthine	636825	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1CCN2C(=CC=C2C=O)CO)O	245.27	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Benzenoids / Phenols / Methoxyphenols
Sinapaldehyde	5280802	Click to see COC1=CC(=CC(=C1O)OC)C=CC=O	208.21	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Lignans, neolignans and related compounds / Furanoid lignans
(-)-Syringaresinol	11604108	Click to see COC1=CC(=CC(=C1O)OC)C2C3COC(C3CO2)C4=CC(=C(C(=C4)OC)O)OC	418.40	unknown	via CMAUP database
Pinoresinol	73399	Click to see COC1=C(C=CC(=C1)C2C3COC(C3CO2)C4=CC(=C(C=C4)O)OC)O	358.40	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty amides / N-acyl amines
(2Z,6E,8E,10E)-N-(2-methylpropyl)dodeca-2,6,8,10-tetraenamide	5321101	Click to see CC=CC=CC=CCCC=CC(=O)NCC(C)C	247.38	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Acyclic monoterpenoids
Linalyl acetate, (-)-	442474	Click to see CC(=CCCC(C)(C=C)OC(=O)C)C	196.29	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids
beta-CARYOPHYLLENE OXIDE	1742210	Click to see CC1(CC2C1CCC3(C(O3)CCC2=C)C)C	220.35	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids / Abscisic acids and derivatives
Abscisic acid	5280896	Click to see CC1=CC(=O)CC(C1(C=CC(=CC(=O)O)C)O)(C)C	264.32	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
Beta-Amyrin	73145	Click to see CC1(CCC2(CCC3(C(=CCC4C3(CCC5C4(CCC(C5(C)C)O)C)C)C2C1)C)C)C	426.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Stigmastanes and derivatives
3-Hydroxystigmast-5-en-7-one	160608	Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2C(=O)C=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)C(C)C	428.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
Beta-Sitosterol	222284	Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)C(C)C	414.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
beta-Sitosterone	9801811	Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(=O)C4)C)C)C(C)C	412.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbonyl compounds / Aldehydes / Aryl-aldehydes
Ganodine	126543	Click to see C1=CC=C(C=C1)CCN2C(=CC=C2C=O)CO	229.27	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Pyrans / Pyranones and derivatives
Zanthopyranone	10419590	Click to see CC1=C(C(=O)C(=CO1)OC)OC	170.16	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Quinolines and derivatives / Benzoquinolines / Phenanthridines and derivatives
1,2-Dimethoxy-13-methyl-[1,3]benzodioxolo[5,6-c]phenanthridine	101673185	Click to see CC1=C2C(=C3C=CC4=CC5=C(C=C4C3=N1)OCO5)C=CC(=C2OC)OC	347.40	unknown	via CMAUP database
Oxychelerythrine	147279	Click to see CN1C2=C(C=CC3=CC4=C(C=C32)OCO4)C5=C(C1=O)C(=C(C=C5)OC)OC	363.40	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Quinolines and derivatives / Furanoquinolines
Dictamnine	68085	Click to see COC1=C2C=COC2=NC3=CC=CC=C31	199.20	unknown	via CMAUP database
Gamma-Fagarine	107936	Click to see COC1=CC=CC2=C1N=C3C(=C2OC)C=CO3	229.23	unknown	via CMAUP database
Robustine	164950	Click to see COC1=C2C=COC2=NC3=C1C=CC=C3O	215.20	unknown	via CMAUP database
Skimmianine	6760	Click to see COC1=C(C2=C(C=C1)C(=C3C=COC3=N2)OC)OC	259.26	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Quinolines and derivatives / Hydroxyquinolines
Zanthobisquinolone	54688597	Click to see CN1C2=CC=CC=C2C(=C(C1=O)CC3=C(C4=CC=CC=C4N(C3=O)C)O)O	362.40	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Quinolines and derivatives / Quinolones and derivatives / Hydroquinolones
4-Methoxy-1-methylquinolin-2-one	182073	Click to see CN1C2=CC=CC=C2C(=CC1=O)OC	189.21	unknown	via CMAUP database
4-Methoxy-1H-quinolin-2-one	600167	Click to see COC1=CC(=O)NC2=CC=CC=C21	175.18	unknown	via CMAUP database
N-Methylschinifoline	101652163	Click to see CC(=C)C=CC1=C(C2=CC=CC=C2N(C1=O)C)OC	255.31	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Quinolines and derivatives / Quinolones and derivatives / Pyranoquinolines
6,6,12-Trimethylisochromeno[4,3-c]quinolin-11-one	10017165	Click to see CC1(C2=CC=CC=C2C3=C(O1)C4=CC=CC=C4N(C3=O)C)C	291.30	unknown	via CMAUP database
7-Methoxyflindersine	101995295	Click to see CC1(C=CC2=C(O1)C3=C(C=C(C=C3)OC)NC2=O)C	257.28	unknown	via CMAUP database
Benzosimuline	5321951	Click to see CC1=CC2=C(C=C1)C(OC3=C2C(=O)N(C4=CC=CC=C43)C)(C)C	305.40	unknown	via CMAUP database
Flindersine	68230	Click to see CC1(C=CC2=C(O1)C3=CC=CC=C3NC2=O)C	227.26	unknown	via CMAUP database
N-Acetoxymethylflindersine	11289552	Click to see CC(=O)OCN1C2=CC=CC=C2C3=C(C1=O)C=CC(O3)(C)C	299.32	unknown	via CMAUP database
Rel-zanthodioline	5315424	Click to see CC1(C(C(C2=C(O1)C3=C(C(=CC=C3)OC)N(C2=O)C)O)O)C	305.32	unknown	via CMAUP database
Ribalinine	932818	Click to see CC1(C(CC2=C(O1)N(C3=CC=CC=C3C2=O)C)O)C	259.30	unknown	via CMAUP database
Zanthobungeanine	5315422	Click to see CC1(C=CC2=C(O1)C3=C(C(=CC=C3)OC)N(C2=O)C)C	271.31	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / 2-arylbenzofuran flavonoids
(+)-Simulanol	52918181	Click to see COC1=CC(=CC2=C1OC(C2CO)C3=CC(=C(C(=C3)OC)O)OC)C=CCO	388.40	unknown	via CMAUP database
Balanophonin	23252258	Click to see COC1=CC(=CC2=C1OC(C2CO)C3=CC(=C(C=C3)O)OC)C=CC=O	356.40	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Coumarins and derivatives
Scoparone	8417	Click to see COC1=C(C=C2C(=C1)C=CC(=O)O2)OC	206.19	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Coumarins and derivatives / Hydroxycoumarins / 7-hydroxycoumarins
Isofraxidin	5318565	Click to see COC1=C(C(=C2C(=C1)C=CC(=O)O2)OC)O	222.19	unknown	via CMAUP database
Scopoletin	5280460	Click to see COC1=C(C=C2C(=C1)C=CC(=O)O2)O	192.17	unknown	via CMAUP database

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Eutrochium purpureum

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Description Top

Synonyms Top

Common names Top

Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top

Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

Subvarieties (abbr. subvar.) Top

Forms (abbr. f.) Top

Germination/Propagation Top

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

Links to other databases Top

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

Scientific Literature Top

Phytochemical Profile Top

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