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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eurybia macrophylla   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eurybia macrophylla   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Eurybia macrophylla

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-005:

Aster macrophyllus   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Aster macrophyllus

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Aster multiformis

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Aster riciniatus

 

COMMON NAME:
Large-leaf Aster, Bigleaf Aster


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image of Eurybia macrophylla, Large-leaf Aster, Bigleaf Aster

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_asma2_001_lvd

        

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JK Marlow    jkm200522_5062

May    Jackson County    NC

Rhizomes long, the plants forming extensive clonal colonies, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Eurybia macrophylla, Large-leaf Aster, Bigleaf Aster

JK Marlow    jkm200522_5063

May    Jackson County    NC

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JK Marlow    jkm200522_5065

May    Jackson County    NC

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JK Marlow    jkm180828_4304

August    Jackson County    NC

Big Ridge Preserve

Basal leaves thick, long-stalked, with toothed cordate blade, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).


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image of Eurybia macrophylla, Large-leaf Aster, Bigleaf Aster

Samantha Tessel    sam_083123_5107

August    Greenville County    SC

Greenville Watershed

Peduncles firm, densely stipitate-glandular. Phyllaries 5-6 series, appressed, strongly unequal, per Flora of North America.

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JK Marlow    jkm230907_5327

September    Greenville County    SC

Greenville Watershed

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JK Marlow    jkm230907_5329

September    Greenville County    SC

Greenville Watershed

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JK Marlow    jkm230907_5333

September    Greenville County    SC

Greenville Watershed

Inflorescence a flat-topped corymb, rarely with fewer than 17 heads. Rays 12-20, white to lavender, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm230907_5339

September    Greenville County    SC

Greenville Watershed

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JK Marlow    jkm230907_5341

September    Greenville County    SC

Greenville Watershed

Branches of the inflorescence glandular-pubescent, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Eurybia macrophylla, Large-leaf Aster, Bigleaf Aster

JK Marlow    jkm230907_5349

September    Greenville County    SC

Greenville Watershed

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JK Marlow    jkm230907_5354

September    Greenville County    SC

Greenville Watershed

Bracts lt green, oblong to oblanceolate, dark green ascending apex, stipitate-glandular, ciliate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


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image of Eurybia macrophylla, Large-leaf Aster, Bigleaf Aster

JK Marlow    jkm230907_5358

September    Greenville County    SC

Greenville Watershed

image of Eurybia macrophylla, Large-leaf Aster, Bigleaf Aster

JK Marlow    jkm230907_5361

September    Greenville County    SC

Greenville Watershed

image of Eurybia macrophylla, Large-leaf Aster, Bigleaf Aster

JK Marlow    jkm230907_5362

September    Greenville County    SC

Greenville Watershed

image of Eurybia macrophylla, Large-leaf Aster, Bigleaf Aster

JK Marlow    jkm230907_5391

September    Greenville County    SC

Greenville Watershed

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Tim Spira    tpsemacrophylla

September?        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eurybia macrophylla   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eurybia macrophylla   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Eurybia macrophylla

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-005:
Aster macrophyllus   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster macrophyllus

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster multiformis

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster riciniatus

 

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist to dryish forests, in NC mostly at moderate to high elevations, particularly in red oak forests on ridgetops, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in GA Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
Upper stem leaves sessile, lower stem leaves petiolate

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Long rhizomatous, forming clonal colonies

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Pale blue/ Whitish
Disc: Yellow becoming purplish
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile

Flower heads in corymbs

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Achene

 

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