🌿 Wildcraft Wednesday 🌿

🌿 Wildcraft Wednesday 🌿

If you’ve spotted tall, rosy-purple plumes brightening up Wisconsin’s meadows and roadsides right now, you’ve likely met Joe-Pye Weed (Eutrochium spp.).

✨ At a glance:

Grows 4–7 feet tall, with clusters of mauve-pink flowers that attract countless butterflies.

Found in damp meadows, ditches, and along streams.

Historically, it was valued by Indigenous peoples and early settlers as a fever remedy and to support the kidneys and urinary system.

Today, many simply admire Joe-Pye Weed for its towering beauty and pollinator power — a true late-summer sentinel in the landscape.

👀 Next time you’re out exploring, look for its dusky blooms swaying above the goldenrod and asters — a reminder that autumn is on its way.