Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of the natural order Compositæ, mostly perennial herbs and natives of America.
- noun [lowercase] A species of this genus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A genus of perennial, composite herbs including hemp agrimony, boneset, throughwort, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Asteraceae — including Joe-Pye weed.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun large genus of chiefly tropical herbs having heads of white or purplish flowers
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Examples
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That Eupatorium caught my eye – Would look great partnered in my garden with E.
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Even with the word *weed* in its common name, Joe Pye Weed, Eupatorium purpureum ‘Gateway’ is hardly unwelcome.
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I love the colors in the Rudbeckia and Eupatorium shot.
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Eupatorium ‘Gateway’ fronts Rudbeckia lanciniata with its golden discs.
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Datura metal, Eupatorium purpureum, Rudbeckia laciniata……
The Six Degrees Of Favorite Plants-SL Blogathon « Fairegarden 2009
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The blooming of the Joe Pye, Eupatorium purpureum ‘Gateway’ is usually when they are more plentiful.
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Wandering over to the stand of Joe Pye, Eupatorium purpureum ‘Gateway’ there is something unusual going on here.
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The formal language is from wikipedia, for I thought this was a Eupatorium still, silly me.
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An older binomial name for this species was Eupatorium rugosum, but the genus Eupatorium has undergone taxonomic revision by botanists and a number of the species once included there have been moved to other genera.
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Some accompanying species in these forests are the griñapo (Dracaena cubensis), Eupatorium spp.,
Cuban pine forests 2008
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