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 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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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).
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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 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).
COMPARE
asters with heart-shaped leaves
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Ron Lance rwl_082114_aster_macro_h2
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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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_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).
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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 light green, oblong to oblanceolate, dark green ascending apex, stipitate-glandular, ciliate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
involucral bracts of North American asters
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JK Marlow jkm230907_5358
September Greenville County SC
Greenville Watershed
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JK Marlow jkm230907_5361
September Greenville County SC
Greenville Watershed
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JK Marlow jkm230907_5362
September Greenville County SC
Greenville Watershed
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JK Marlow jkm230907_5391
September Greenville County SC
Greenville Watershed
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JK Marlow jkm240905_0918
September Jackson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm240905_0925
September Jackson County NC
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
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)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
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
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