# coastal plain Joe-Pye weed

*Eutrochium dubium*

The plant is named after Joe Pye, a Mohican healer who reportedly used the species to treat typhus and other fevers using herbal decoctions.

- **Taxonomy:** Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Asterales › Asteraceae › Eutrochium
- **IUCN Red List status:** Least Concern
- **Population trend:** stable
- **Biome:** wetland
- **Habitat:** Wet meadows, marshes, swales, and damp coastal thickets.
- **Diet:** Photosynthetic (Autotroph)
- **Range:** Atlantic Coastal Plain, Eastern United States, Nova Scotia
- **Size:** 2 to 5 feet tall with a 2 to 3 foot spread
- **Lifespan:** Perennial (5-10+ years via rhizomes)
- **Active:** diurnal
- **Threats:** Habitat loss due to coastal development, competition from invasive species like Phragmites, and rising sea levels.
- **Safe to approach?:** Harmless and safe to approach. Do not ingest, as the plant contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids which can be toxic if consumed in quantity. Observe the many pollinators it attracts from a short distance.

## About

Eutrochium dubium , also called coastal plain joe pye weed , is a North American flowering plant in the sunflower family. It is native to the eastern United States and Canada, primarily the Atlantic coastal plain from Georgia to Nova Scotia.

## Sources

- Plate: https://gaia-dex.com/species/9dfd294c-67c0-4a5b-a49d-4b1e113d126b
- iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/204153
- Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eutrochium_dubium
- Conservation status: IUCN Red List category, as recorded by Gaia-Dex
- Photo: https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/414974758/medium.jpeg (Jaime McGuigan, CC-BY, via iNaturalist)

Habitat, diet, size and similar notes are AI-written summaries; check them against the linked sources before relying on them.