Genus and species: Eupatorium purpureum
Common Name: Joe Pye Weed
Family: Asteraceae
Hardiness: zones 4-8
A water loving summer perennial. It has large pink heads; no petals--only stamen; and large leaves circle around stem.
Photos taken August 24, 2011 at Virginia Tech in the Hahn Horticulture Gardens
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