Joe-Pye Weed is a native, perennial wildflower with branched flower stalks at the top of an unbranched stem. It grows three to six feet tall. The flowers come in flat-headed clusters and can be pink or purple. The main stem is purple or purple-spotted, stout and round, often covered with fine hairs. Whorls of four or five yellowish green leaves can be found along the central stem. Leaves are ovate, up to eight inches long and 2-1/2 inches wide. It likes sun or part shade and moist to wet soil. It grows in meadows and along roads and streams. (SF)