Herbs - Gravel Root

 

Gravel Root

(also referred to as...)

Joe Pye Weed, Queen of the Meadow

Latin Name: Eupatorium purpureum

Family: Compositae

 
Description

This plant is indigenous to North America and loves to grow in low, swampy, ground. This herb is sometimes called Joe Pye Weed, taken from the name of an American Indian who used the plant to treat typhus.

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