Eurybia schreberi
Eurybia schreberi, commonly called Schreber's aster[4] or nettle-leaved Michaelmas-daisy,[5] is a perennial herb in the composite family. It is native to eastern North America, where it is present in Canada and the United States. The flower heads emerge in the late summer or early fall to show white ray florets and yellow disc florets. It is listed as endangered in Indiana and Iowa, of special concern in Tennessee and possibly extirpated in Maine.[6]
Schreber's aster | |
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1913 Line drawing [1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Eurybia |
Species: | E. schreberi |
Binomial name | |
Eurybia schreberi (Nees) Nees | |
Synonyms[3] | |
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Distribution and habitat
Eurybia schreberi is native to the eastern United States and Canada. In the latter country, it is present only in Ontario. In the U.S., it can be found in every state east of Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee, except for in North Carolina and to its south. It has also been introduced to Europe, specifically to Scotland. It is most common at elevations from 0 to 1200 metres (0–4000 feet) in damp to mesic deciduous mixed woods, most often those with maple, elm or oak, as well as in thickets and shaded roadbanks.[7]
References
- illustration from Briton & Brown's 1913 Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada
- NatureServe (2006), "Eurybia schreberi", NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life, Version 6.1., Arlington, Virginia
- "Eurybia schreberi (Nees) Nees", The Global Compositae Checklist (GCC) – via The Plant List
- "Eurybia schreberi", Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA, retrieved 9 January 2016
- "BSBI List 2007", Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25, retrieved 2014-10-17
- "Eurybia schreberi", County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA), Biota of North America Program (BONAP), 2014
- Brouillet, Luc (2006), "Eurybia schreberi", 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