Eutrochium purpureum (Sweet-scented Joe-Pye weed)

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Eutrochium purpureum (L.) E.E. Lamont

Sweet-scented Joe-Pye weed, sweet Joe-Pye weed, trumpet weed

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Asteridae	A large class that encompasses asters
Order	Asterales	Flowering plants with a central disk flower and surrounding petals, like daisies
Family	Asteraceae	The aster family, which also includes daisies and sunflowers; from the Greek ἀστήρ, “star,” for the star-shaped flowers
Genus	Eutrochium
Species	purpureum	Latin for “purple”

About plant names...

Sweetscented Joe-Pye (or possibly Joe-Pie) weed is native to North America. They prefer moist soil.

Identification: Plants are 5-8' (1.5-2.4 m) tall and 24-48" (60-121 cm) wide. Stems are rigid, round, and purple. Leaves up to 12" (30 cm) long and 3½" (9 cm) wide occur in whorls of 4-5 around the stem. The leaves are finely toothed. Dense flower clusters are dull pink or mauve in color. They appear from July to August.

Online References:

Missouriplants.com

The Northeast School of Botanical Medicine (describes this and similar species)

The University of Wisconsin's Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium

Wikipedia (Eutrochium purpureum)

The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

Plants for a Future, a resource and information centre for edible and otherwise useful plants

Eupatorium purpureum L.

Eutrochium purpureum description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 29 Jul 2023.