Eurybia hemispherica

Southern prairie aster
Conservation status
Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Astereae
Genus:	Eurybia
Species:	E. hemispherica
Binomial name
Eurybia hemispherica (Alexander) G.L.Nesom
Synonyms[2]
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, single-stemmed bog aster or Tennessee aster, is an herbaceous perennial in the composite family. 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. ^[3]

References

1. "Eurybia hemispherica". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
2. The Plant List, Eurybia hemispherica (Alexander) G.L.Nesom
3. Brouillet, Luc (2006). "Eurybia hemispherica". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds. 1993+. Flora of North America 20. New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 379.

External links

• photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Missouri in 2001