| Accepted name: |
Eutrochium maculatum (L.) E.E.Lamont var. maculatum |
| Synonym(s): |
-Eupatoriadelphus maculatus (L.) King & H.E. Robins.
-Eupatorium trifoliatum L. var. maculatum (L.) O. A. Farwell
-Eupatorium maculatum L. ssp. maculatum
-Eupatorium dubium Poir.
-Eupatorium purpureum L. var. maculatum (L.) Darl.
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| English names: |
Spotted Joe Pye Weed
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| French names: |
Eupatoire maculée
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
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| OPL Code: |
HEUTMAM
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
American Indians used tea of whole herb as a diuretic for dropsy, painful urination, gout, kidney infections, rheumatism. Root tea once used for fevers, colds, chills, sore womb after childbirth, diarrhea, liver and kidney ailments(*3). |
| Key Characters: |
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