I stopped at the Croyden Creek Nature Center on the way home, figuring there might be something to photograph there. The swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) was just starting to bloom and I took a few pictures of that with bees on it. Around the other side of the nature center there was some Joe Pye weed (Eutrochium purpureum) coming up. It’s a native, herbaceous perennial and I find it sort of humorous that garden centers actually are able to sell it, since it grows wild around here. I don’t know who Joe Pye was but I’ve seen one story that he was a Native American medicine man who used the plant for various treatments. Anyway, I was attracted to the symmetry of the leaves and the way the light was shining on them at the top of the stem.
Eutrochium purpureum (Joe Pye Weed)
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Wednesday, June 16, 2021, Eutrochium purpureum (Joe Pye Weed)
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#eutrochium #eutrochiumpurpureum #green #hardyperennial #herbaceousperennial #joepyeweed #nativeplants #summer #weeds
See link to my blog in my bio, where there is more detail about each photo.