Test-drive A Teaching Key to Asters.
You may also want to look at The Connecticut Botanical Society's guide to New England asters
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Eurybia macrophylla
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eurybia macrophylla
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 179-47-005:
Aster macrophyllus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Large-leaf Aster, Big-leaved 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 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.
COMPARE
leaves of Big-leaved Aster and Schreber's Aster
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JK Marlow jkm090913_040
September Transylvania 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.