Eurybia hemispherica

Southern prairie aster
Conservation status
	; Apparently Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Eurybia
Species:	E. hemispherica
Binomial name
	Eurybia hemispherica; (Alexander) G.L.Nesom
Synonyms
	Synonymy Aster hemisphericus 1933Alexander ; Aster gattingeri Alexander 1933 not (Chapm. ex A. Gray) Kuntze 1891 ; Aster paludosus subsp. hemisphericus (Alexander) Cronquist ; Aster paludosus var. hemisphericus (Alexander) Waterf. ; Aster pedionomus Alexander ; Aster verutifoliu] Alexander ; Heleastrum hemisphericum (Alexander ex Alexander) Shinners ;

Eurybia hemispherica, commonly known as the southern prairie aster,^[3] is an herbaceous plant in the composite family (Asteraceae). It is native to the south-central United States, primarily the lower Mississippi Valley and southeastern Great Plains, from Kansas south to Texas and east to Kentucky, Tennessee, and the Florida Panhandle.^[4]^[5] Its natural habitat is typically in upland prairies or dry savannas.^[6] It is less commonly found in open moist areas, in sandy-loamy soil.^[5]

Eurybia hemispherica is a perennial, growing up to 120 cm tall. Its leaves are linear, glabrous, and somewhat shiny. It produces flowers in late summer and fall. The inflorescence is elongated, like a spike or raceme. Its heads have purple ray flowers.^[6]

Linear leaves and a spike-like inflorescence are diagnostic for this species

References

^ "Eurybia hemispherica". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
^ "Eurybia hemispherica (Alexander) G.L.Nesom". The Global Compositae Checklist (GCC) – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Eurybia hemispherica". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
^ "Eurybia hemispherica". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
^ ^a ^b Brouillet, Luc (2006). "Eurybia hemispherica". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 20. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
^ ^a ^b Yatskievych, George (2006). Flora of Missouri, Volume 2. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. p. 227.

External links

Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Missouri in 2001

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[natureserve-1] "Eurybia hemispherica". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-06-20.

[2] "Eurybia hemispherica (Alexander) G.L.Nesom". The Global Compositae Checklist (GCC) – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online

[usda-3] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Eurybia hemispherica". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 24 June 2018.

[4] "Eurybia hemispherica". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2018.

[flora-5] Brouillet, Luc (2006). "Eurybia hemispherica". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 20. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

[Missouri-6] Yatskievych, George (2006). Flora of Missouri, Volume 2. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. p. 227.

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