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Eurybia paludosa (Aiton) Nesom. Subgenus: Heleastrum. Section: Heleastrum. Savanna Grass-leaved Aster. Phen: Jul-Oct. Hab: Wet pine savannas, hillside seepage bogs, longleaf pine sandhill / pocosin ecotones. Dist: An Atlantic Coastal Plain endemic: ne. NC south to se. GA and ne. FL (Nassau County).

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: A tetraploid species (2n=36).

Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl7, FNA20, K1, K3, K4, WH3, Nesom (1994b); = Aster paludosus Aiton – C, GW2, RAB, SE1; = Aster paludosus Aiton ssp. paludosus – G

Links to other floras: = Eurybia paludosa - FNA20

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Weakly erect prennial of wet pine savannas and sandhill seeps.

Stems: Stem branched above, sometimes tinged red, mostly smooth.

Leaves: Leaves basal (usually withering by flowering) and alternate on the stem, linear to narrowly lance-shaped, to 12 in. long (stem leaves smaller), with hardened margins.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Composite flowers (heads) in a relatively flat-topped, branching terminal cluster; heads 1-1 1/4 in. wide, consisting of violet- to lavender-blue, very narrow ray florets encircling a yellow center disk composed of tubular florets. Slightly recurred and minutely hairy bracts surround the base of each head.

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Height: 1-2 1/2 ft.

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description: Weakly erect prennial of wet pine savannas and sandhill seeps.

stems: Stem branched above, sometimes tinged red, mostly smooth.

leaves: Leaves basal (usually withering by flowering) and alternate on the stem, linear to narrowly lance-shaped, to 12 in. long (stem leaves smaller), with hardened margins.

inflorescence:

flowers: Composite flowers (heads) in a relatively flat-topped, branching terminal cluster; heads 1-1 1/4 in. wide, consisting of violet- to lavender-blue, very narrow ray florets encircling a yellow center disk composed of tubular florets. Slightly recurred and minutely hairy bracts surround the base of each head.

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native range: NC, SC & GA