Eurybia spectabilis (Aiton) Nesom. Subgenus: Eurybia. Section: Calliastrum. Low Showy Aster. Phen: Aug-Oct. Hab: Pine barrens, dry road banks. Dist: Coastal Plain (and rarely adjacent provinces) from MA south to SC; disjunct in AL.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: An octoploid species (2n=72).

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA20, K1, K3, K4, NE, NY, Pa, Va, Nesom (1994b); = Aster spectabilis Aiton – C, RAB, SE1, Tat; > Aster smallii Alexander – S; > Aster spectabilis Aiton – S; > Aster spectabilis Aiton var. cinerascens Blake – G; > Aster spectabilis Aiton var. spectabilis – F, G; > Aster spectabilis Aiton var. suffultus Fernald – F, G

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Heliophily ⓘ: 8