Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eurybia spectabilis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eurybia spectabilis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Eurybia spectabilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-012:
Aster spectabilis FAMILY Asteraceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster smallii
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster spectabilis
COMMON NAME:
Low Showy Aster, Eastern Showy Aster
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_assp11_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eurybia spectabilis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eurybia spectabilis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Eurybia spectabilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-012:
Aster spectabilis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster smallii
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aster spectabilis
3557
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Pine barrens, dry road banks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Blue/ Violet
Disc: Yellow
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Flower heads with 15-35 ray flowers
Inferior ovary
Flower heads in corymbs
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
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