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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Eurybia |
| Species: | E. hemispherica
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| Eurybia hemispherica | |
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Synonymy
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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]
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Linear leaves and a spike-like inflorescence are diagnostic for this species
References
edit- ^ "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 Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online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.
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