Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eurybia macrophylla
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eurybia macrophylla
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
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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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
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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 jkm0508b_04
August Transylvania County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
Basal leaves thick, long-stalked, with toothed cordate blade, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
COMPARE
leaves of Big-leaved Aster and Schreber's Aster
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JK Marlow jkm180828_4304
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm090913_040
September Jackson County NC
The plants form extensive clonal colonies, per Weakley's Flora.
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Tim Spira tpsemacrophylla
Month Unknown
Rays 12-20, white to lavender, 1.5-2cm long; disc flowers yellow to red, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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
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
159
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
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Pale blue/ Whitish
Disc: Yellow becoming purplish
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Inferior ovary
Flower heads in corymbs
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p454
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p438
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p081
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p276
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p325
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p372
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p209