- Bloom Time: July – Sept.
- Bloom Color: Pale pink to pale purple
- Height: 3 – 8 feet
- Sun: Full to partial
- Soil: Medium
Eupatorium purpureum
Caterpillar food for
Clymene Moth (Haploa clymene), Wavy-Lined Emerald (Synchlora aerata), Red-Humped Caterpillar (Schizura concinna), Joe-Pye Weed Borer (Papaipema eupatorii), Red Groundling (Perigea xanthioides)
Butterfly food for
Azure (Celastrina spp.), Silver-Spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus), White Admiral (Limenitis arthemis arthemis), Milbert’s Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis urticae), Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)
Attracts these pollinators
Rusty Patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis), Cuckoo Bees (Coelioxys spp.), Leafcutter Bees (Megachile spp.)
Photo credit: by Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=141631095