Eurybia hemispherica

Eurybia hemispherica, commonly known as the southern prairie aster,[3] is an herbaceous plant in the composite family (Asteraceae). It is native to the south-central United States, primarily the lower Mississippi Valley and southeastern Great Plains, from Kansas south to Texas and east to Kentucky, Tennessee, and the Florida Panhandle.[4][5] Its natural habitat is typically in upland prairies or dry savannas.[6] It is less commonly found in open moist areas, in sandy-loamy soil.[5]

Southern prairie aster

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Eurybia
Species:
E. hemispherica
Binomial name
Eurybia hemispherica
Synonyms[2]

Eurybia hemispherica is a perennial, growing up to 120 cm tall. Its leaves are linear, glabrous, and somewhat shiny. It produces flowers in late summer and fall. The inflorescence is elongated, like a spike or raceme. Its heads have purple ray flowers.[6]

  • Linear leaves and a spike-like inflorescence are diagnostic for this species

References
  1. "Eurybia hemispherica". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
  2. "Eurybia hemispherica (Alexander) G.L.Nesom". The Global Compositae Checklist (GCC) – via The Plant List.
  3. "Eurybia hemispherica". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  4. "Eurybia hemispherica". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  5. Brouillet, Luc (2006). "Eurybia hemispherica". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 20. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  6. Yatskievych, George (2006). Flora of Missouri, Volume 2. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. p. 227.


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