Eurybia spectabilis

Taxobox
name = Showy Aster


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status = G5
status_system = TNC
status_ref = Cite web
publisher =NatureServe
title = Eurybia spectabilis
work = NatureServe Explorer
url = http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Eurybia+spectabilis+
accessdate = 2007-06-13 ]
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
tribus = Astereae
genus = "Eurybia"
species = "E. spectabilis"
binomial = "Eurybia spectabilis"
binomial_authority = (Ait.) G.L.Nesom

"Eurybia spectabilis", commonly known as the Eastern Showy Aster, simply Showy Aster or Purple Wood Aster, is an herbaceous perennial native to the eastern United States. It is present along the coastal plain of the U.S. where it is most often found growing in dry, sandy soils. Although it is not considered threatened due to its extensive range, it is locally endangered in many states. The flowers appear in the fall and show ray florets that are a violet-purple and yellow disc florets. It is one of the parent species of the hybrid "Eurybia × herveyi".

Distribution and habitat

"E. spectabilis" is present along the coastal plain of eastern North America. Its range stretches from Massachusetts and New York in the north, south to South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. It is found primarily growing sandy soils, though occasionally it is present in dry clay. It can be found at elevations of 0 to 900 metres near granite outcrops, in dry oak-pine woods, pine barrens, and in peat bogs. They are also present along the borders of woods, in clearings and fields as well as along roadsides.Citation
last =Brouillet
first =Luc
contribution =Eurybia spectabilis
year =2006
title =Flora of North America
editor-last =Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds. 1993+
editor-first =
volume =20
pages =378
contribution-url =http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066761
place=New York & Oxford
publisher =Oxford University Press
id =]

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