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by Renee Brecht |
Britton and Brown. See
credits below. |
| Botanical name: |
Eurybia
compacta Nesom
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| Common
name: |
Slender
aster |
| Synonomy: |
Aster gracilis
Nutt. |
| Group: |
Dicot
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| Family: |
Asteraceae
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| Growth
Type: |
Forb/herb
Subshrub
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| Duration: |
Perennial
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| Plant
height: |
6"-2'
; 2-7 decimeters
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| Flower
color: |
8-14
ray petals, short, violet or bluish, often rather pale. |
| Flower
size: |
.5-1
cm
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| Flowering/fruiting time: |
Flowers
late July-early September.
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| Habitat: |
Found
in dry to moist pinelands, oak-thickets and bogs or barrens.
USDA wetland ranking: Facultative wetland: Equally likely to occur in
wetlands or
non-wetlands (estimated probability 34%-66%).
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| Description: |
A
small, stiffly-erect
plant,usually several stems.
Has thickened, corm-like woody base, sometimes rhizomatous. Leaves
thick and firm, scabrous (rough), entire (or nearly so), obscurely
veined except for the midrib and sometimes a single pair of narrowly
divergent laterals, erect
stalks, usually several stems. |
| Range
in
New Jersey: |
Throughout
New Jersey
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| Heritage ranking, if any |
n/a |
| Other notes: |
For a discussion on the classification and phylogeny of Eurybia visit Eurybia at Eflora.org
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