OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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   Go to FSUS key


SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eurybia macrophylla   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

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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image of Eurybia macrophylla, Large-leaf Aster, Bigleaf Aster

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_asma2_001_lvd

        

image of Eurybia macrophylla, Large-leaf Aster, Bigleaf Aster

JK Marlow    jkm200522_5062

May    Jackson County    NC

image of Eurybia macrophylla, Large-leaf Aster, Bigleaf Aster

JK Marlow    jkm200522_5063

May    Jackson County    NC

image of Eurybia macrophylla, Large-leaf Aster, Bigleaf Aster

JK Marlow    jkm200522_5065

May    Jackson County    NC

image of Eurybia macrophylla, Large-leaf Aster, Bigleaf Aster

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 (Smith, 1998).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE leaves of Big-leaved Aster and Schreber's Aster

image of Eurybia macrophylla, Large-leaf Aster, Bigleaf Aster

JK Marlow    jkm180828_4304

August    Jackson County    NC

Big Ridge Preserve

image of Eurybia macrophylla, Large-leaf Aster, Bigleaf Aster

JK Marlow    jkm090913_040

September    Jackson County    NC

The plants form extensive clonal colonies, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Eurybia macrophylla, Large-leaf Aster, Bigleaf Aster

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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

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
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

 

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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)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
Upper stem leaves sessile, lower stem leaves petiolate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Pale blue/ Whitish
Disc: Yellow becoming purplish
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
Inferior ovary

Flower heads in corymbs

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Achene

 

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