Eurybia avita (Alexander) Nesom. Subgenus: Heleastrum. Section: Heleastrum. Common name: Alexander's Rock Aster. Phenology: Aug-Oct. Habitat: In shallow soils on granitic flatrocks and granitic domes where moist from seasonal seepage. Distribution: Upper Piedmont endemic: w. SC to wc. GA. Previous reports from the NC Blue Ridge are based on misidentifications of E. surculosa.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: A diploid species (2n=18).
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA20, K4, POWO, Nesom (1994b); = Aster avitus Alexander — SE1, W, Kral (1983a); = n/a — RAB. Basionym: Aster avitus Alexander 1939
Links to other floras: = Eurybia avita - FNA20
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Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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