Appalachian Joe-pye WeedEutrochium steelei, is the species in the genus with the narrowest distribution. A southern Appalachians endemic, it is found only in 5 southeastern states, in the mountains along the borders of Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee, and reports that it is Towns county in northernmost Georgia, although the presence in Georgia seems to be disputed. It is found in the Appalachian Mountains in hardwood forests up to about 5,000' elevation, blooming in late summer thru early fall.
