Eurybia macrophylla

Taxobox
name = Largeleaf Aster
status = G5
status_system = TNC
status_ref = Citation
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author-link =
last2 =
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contribution = Eurybia macrophylla
title = NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life, Version 6.1.
date =
location = Arlington, Virginia
year =2006
contribution-url = http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Eurybia+macrophylla+
accessdate = 2007-06-13 ]
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
tribus = Astereae
genus = "Eurybia"
species = "E. macrophylla"
binomial = "Eurybia macrophylla"
binomial_authority = (L.) Cass.
synonyms=
*"Aster macrophyllus" L.
*"Aster multiformis" E.S.Burgess
*"Aster riciniatus" E.S.Burgess
*"Aster ianthinus" E.S.Burgess
*"Aster nobilis" E.S.Burgess
*"Aster roscidus" E.S.Burgess
*"Aster violaris" E.S.Burgess
*"Biotia latifolia" Cass.
*"Biotia macrophylla" (L.) DC
*"Eurybia jussiei" Cass.

"Eurybia macrophylla", commonly known as the Bigleaf Aster, Largeleaf Aster or Largeleaf or Bigleaf Wood Aster, is an herbaceous perennial in the composite family that was formerly treated in the genus "Aster". It is native to eastern North America where it stretches from the south of the boreal forests of Canada through the northeastern deciduous and mixed forests of New England and south along the Blue Ridge Mountain through the United States. The flowers appear in the late summer to early fall and show ray florets that are usually either a deep lavender or violet, but sometimes white, and disc florets that are cream-coloured or light yellow, becoming purple as they mature. It is one of the parent species of the hybrid "Eurybia × herveyi".

Distribution and habitat

"E. macrophylla" is native to the eastern United States and Canada. In the latter country it can be found in Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. In the United States it can be found in all states east of and including Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and Tennessee, but excluding states south of North Carolina. It may also be present in Mississippi. The plant has also been introduced outside of its native range into northern Europe. It is most often encountered at 0 to 1300 metre elevations in moist to dry soils in association with hemlock-northern hardwood, beech-maple or pine forests, Appalachian spruce-fir forests, as well as with aspen, pine or open spruce woodlands. It can also be found in thickets, clearings or along shaded roadsides.Citation
last =Brouillet
first =Luc
contribution =Eurybia macrophylla
year =2006
title =Flora of North America
editor-last =Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds. 1993+
editor-first =
volume =20
pages =375
contribution-url =http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066753
place=New York & Oxford
publisher =Oxford University Press
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Uses

The large, thick young leaves can be cooked and eaten as greens. [citation|last=Thieret| first=John W.| title=National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers| year=2001| publisher=Random House| location=New York| page=369| isbn=0-375-40232-2]

References

External links

* http://www.rook.org/earl/bwca/nature/herbs/astermac.html