Joe-Pye weed

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{{Taxobox | color = lightgreen | name = Joe-Pye Weed | image = Joe_Pye_5426.JPG | image_width = 240px | image_caption = Joe-Pye weed in flower | regnum = Plantae | divisio = Magnoliophyta | classis = Magnoliopsida | ordo = Asterales | familia = Asteraceae | genus = Eupatorium | species = E. fistulosum | binomial = Eupatorium fistulosum | binomial_authority = Barratt }}

Joe-Pye Weed or Trumpetweed (Eupatorium fistulosum) is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to eastern North America, in southeast Canada and throughout the eastern and central United States.

Image:Bombus 6867.JPG It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 1.5-3 m (5-10 feet) tall, found in moist, rich soil alongside ditches and marshes, or in wet forests. It flowers from mid-summer to the first frosts, it makes an attractive backdrop in garden plots, and is very attractive to butterflies, bees, and other nectar-feeding insects.ja:フジバカマ