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wood asters
Eurybia
Eurybia is a genus of plants in the composite family that were previously included in the genus Aster. Most species are native to North America, although one is also present in northern Eurasia. There are 23 species in the genus including 1 natural hybrid. The name was first applied by Alexandre de Cassini in 1820. The name is derived from Ancient Greek ευρυς (eurys), meaning wide, and βαιος (baios), meaning few, perhaps in reference to the...
29 branches of this genus, most-observed first

White Wood Aster
speciesEurybia divaricata

large-leaved aster
speciesEurybia macrophylla

Showy Aster
speciesEurybia conspicua

Siberian Aster
speciesEurybia sibirica

roughleaf aster
speciesEurybia radulina

Grass-leaved prairie aster
speciesEurybia hemispherica

thickstem aster
speciesEurybia integrifolia

purple wood aster
speciesEurybia spectabilis

rough wood aster
speciesEurybia radula

blueleaf aster
speciesEurybia glauca

Schreber's Wood Aster
speciesEurybia schreberi

Creeping Aster
speciesEurybia surculosa

Forked Aster
speciesEurybia furcata

thistleleaf aster
speciesEurybia eryngiifolia

southern swamp aster
speciesEurybia paludosa

slender aster
speciesEurybia compacta

mountain wood aster
speciesEurybia chlorolepis

bouquet aster
speciesEurybia mirabilis

King's serpentweed
speciesEurybia kingii

subalpine aster
speciesEurybia merita

horrid herrickia
speciesEurybia horrida

Alexander's rock aster
speciesEurybia avita

Rockcastle aster
speciesEurybia saxicastellii

Jones' aster
speciesEurybia jonesiae

Apalachicola aster
speciesEurybia spinulosa

Wasatch aster
speciesEurybia wasatchensis

Idaho Goldenweed
speciesEurybia aberrans

Chase's aster
speciesEurybia chasei
Hervey's aster
hybridEurybia × herveyi
Where it lives
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 52975.