Eurybia paludosa (Aiton) Nesom. Subgenus: Heleastrum. Section: Heleastrum. Common name: Savanna Grass-leaved Aster. Phenology: Jul-Oct. Habitat: Wet pine savannas, hillside seepage bogs, longleaf pine sandhill / pocosin ecotones. Distribution: 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, K4, POWO, WH3, Nesom (1994b); = Aster paludosus Aiton — C, GW2, RAB, SE1; = Aster paludosus Aiton ssp. paludosus — G. Basionym: Aster paludosus Aiton 1789
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
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
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