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Eurybia chlorolepis
Also called Appalachian Heartleaf Aster, Blue Ridge White Heart Leaved Aster
Eurybia chlorolepis, commonly known as the mountain wood aster, mountain aster, or Appalachian heartleaf aster, is a perennial, herbaceous plant native to the southeastern United States. It is present only at relatively high elevations in the Appalachian Mountains. Although it is not considered seriously threatened due to a large number of sites in some of its range, it is often locally endangered and possibly extirpated in the south of its range.
Eurybia chlorolepis reaches 80 cm (32 inches) in height, and spreads by means of underground rhizomes. It has only one stem, becoming woody with age. A single plant produces up to 25 flower heads in a flat-topped array. The flowers appear in late summer through fall. Each head contains 8–20 white or pale lilac ray florets surrounding 12–26 yellow disc florets.
Alexander's rock aster · Slender aster · Western showy aster · White wood aster · Thistleleaf aster · Forked aster · Southern prairie aster · Thickstem aster · Jones' aster · King's Serpentweed · Bigleaf aster · Subalpine aster
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eurybia chlorolepis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
