Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Joe Pye

Joe Pye Weed stands regal and tall in the afternoon sun after a heavy rainstorm.

This tall, long-blooming wildflower attracts many insects and is also deer resistant.


According to research done by Pearce & Pringle, 2017, the plant's common name is also the nickname given to Joseph Shauquethqueat, a Mohican chief from MA and NY. They found no substantiation of the legend that it was named for a Native American herbalist who used the plant to help Colonists suffering from Typhus.



2 comments:

Lucy Schultz said...

How is it deer resistant? Need to know more about that.. and how they got "pye" out of "Shauquethqueat"

July 17, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Debbie said...

I cannot find an explanation for why deer and rabbits don't browse Joe Pye Weed, except that the foliage is unpalatable to them, tastng bitter and toxic.

The derivation of his nickname is not made clear anywhere https://friendsofthefoxriver.org/2020/09/01/meet-joe-pye/

July 18, 2024 at 8:53 PM

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