Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eurybia compacta
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eurybia compacta
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Eurybia compacta
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-015:
Aster gracilis FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster gracilis
COMMON NAME:
Slender Aster
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_eurybia_compacta1
September Moore County NC
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_eurybia_compacta1b
September Moore County NC
Leaves thick, firm (only midnerves conspicuous), scabrous, per Flora of North America.
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_eurybia_compacta1c
September Moore County NC
Ray florets (5)8-14; corollas blue-violet to rose-purple or bluish, often pale, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eurybia compacta
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eurybia compacta
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Eurybia compacta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-015:
Aster gracilis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster gracilis
2448
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: pine savannas, woodlands, clearings, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal leaves often absent or withered at flowering)
Margins entire or nearly so
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Blue/ Violet
Disc: Pale yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Flower heads in many-headed corymbs
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Light brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p094
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p389
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p081
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