Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Eurybia paludosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Test-drive A Teaching Key to Asters.
See herbarium specimens at the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.
Read more about Eurybia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eurybia paludosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-014:
Aster paludosus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Savannah Grass-leaved Aster, Southern Swamp Aster
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_aspa2_001_lvd
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Will Stuart wil_eurybia_paludosa_0712
October Scotland NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
A cluster of blossoms in a roadside seep. — Will Stuart
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Will Stuart wil_eurybia_paludosa_2055
November Richmond NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Grass-like leaves that sheath often-red stems help distinguish this species. — Will Stuart
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Will Stuart wil_eurybia_paludosa_3205
November Richmond NC
North Carolina Sandhills Gamelands
Blooming well into autumn: Here are two blossoms in a wet seep in November. — Will Stuart
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Will Stuart wil4090008283_46e60ef1be
November Horry County SC
Lewis Ocean Bay Heritage Preserve
Ray flowers 15-35, per Weakley's Flora.
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Will Stuart wil4090774888_17ee6af4e3
November Horry County SC
Lewis Ocean Bay Heritage Preserve
Pollinator at work
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Eurybia paludosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eurybia paludosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-47-014:
Aster paludosus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
3008
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in wet savannas, sandhill/pocosin ecotones, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal leaves absent or withered at flowering)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Blue/ Violet
Disc: Yellow
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Inferior ovary
Flower heads in corymbs
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Dark brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p044
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p435
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p211