WILD FLOWERS pink 



from June to August, from the mountains of Mary- 

 land to Labrador, and west through the northern 

 border states and Canada to California, and 

 Alaska. It is also found in northern Europe and 

 Asia. 



JOE PYE WEED. TRUMPET WEED. GRAVEL 



ROOT. TALL, OR PURPLE BONESET. KIDNEY 



ROOT. QUEEN OF THE MEADOW 



Eupatorium purpureum. Thistle Family. 



During August and September, the tall, swaying 

 heads of Joe Pye are conspicuous in low, wet meadows, 

 and along open streams and swamps where it grows 

 rankly and vigorously. It was named from Joe 

 Pye, an Indian doctor, who gained some notoriety 

 travelling through New England, and who applied 

 this plant in treating cases of typhus fever. The 

 large, stout, leafy stalk grows from three to ten feet 

 high, and branches at the summit. It is usually 

 stained with purple. The large, thin, oval or broad, 

 lance-shaped leaves are arranged in curving whorls 

 of from three to six. They are short-stemmed, long- 

 pointed, rounded- toothed, firmly ribbed and veined, 

 and rough-surfaced. The flowers are of a peculiar 

 shade of dull pink or purple. They have a matted, 

 fuzzy appearance, and are arranged in numerous 

 small groups that form large, dense, and somewhat 

 flat-topped, or elongated terminal clusters. The small, 

 tubular florets have long, projecting, hairy pistils, 

 and the cup in which they are set is of the same colour 



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