FNA: Eurybia mirabilis

	Eurybia mirabilis
	bouquet aster
Habit	Plants 30–120 cm; not strongly colonial or in clumps, not or barely stipitate-glandular; rhizomes coarse, short, woody.
Stems	1–3+, erect, slightly flexuous, simple, sparsely strigose proximally or glabrescent, densely strigose distally.
Leaves	basal and cauline, margins crenate-serrate, teeth mucronate, margins scabrous to strigoso-ciliate, apices acute to obtuse, ± acuminate, mucronate, abaxial faces scabrous (short strigose), adaxial ± densely strigose; basal and proximal cauline long-petiolate, petioles not to narrowly winged, sheathing, blades ovate, 50–200 × 30–120 mm, bases shallowly cordate to rounded; cauline shortly, broadly winged-petiolate to subpetiolate or sessile, ovate or elliptic to lanceolate or oblanceolate, 13–122 × 6–55 mm, gradually reduced distally, bases auriculate, not clasping, or cuneate to winged-attenuate; distal (arrays) sessile, obovate or oblong to lanceolate, 10–32 × 4–10 mm, bases rounded to attenuate, apices obtuse to rounded or acute.
Peduncles	densely strigose, sometimes sparsely stipitate-glandular distally; bracts 0–2, broad, densely strigose.
Involucres	campanulate, 7–12 mm, shorter than pappi.
Ray florets	(7–)16–20(–30); corollas white to lavender, 10–15 × 1.4–2.1 mm.
Disc florets	20–40; corollas pale yellow, becoming purplish-tinged on lobes, funnelform, slightly ampliate, 6–7.5 mm, tubes longer than throats, lobes spreading, lanceolate, 1–1.5 mm.
Phyllaries	46–75(–90) in 5–7 series, oblong-lanceolate (outer) to linear-lanceolate (inner), strongly unequal, membranous, bases indurate, rounded (outer), green zones in distal 1/3–1/2 foliaceous (outer) or 0 (innermost), margins hyaline, narrowly scarious, erose, ciliate, apices ± squarrose or reflexed, obtuse to acute and mucronulate (outer) or acuminate (inner), faces strigoso-villous to strigillose, eglandular.
Heads	3–10+ in loose, flat-topped, corymbiform arrays.
Cypselae	reddish brown to brown, fusiform, compressed, 3–4 mm, ribs 7–12, faces sparsely strigillose; pappi of cinnamon (apically clavate) bristles, equaling disc corollas.
2n	= 18.

	Eurybia mirabilis
Phenology	Flowering late summer–early fall.
Habitat	Deciduous or mixed deciduous woods, on slopes or alluvial plains, usually on basic or circumneutral soils, Piedmont Plateau
Elevation	100–300 m (300–1000 ft)
Distribution	NC; SC [BONAP county map]
Discussion	Of conservation concern. Eurybia mirabilis is infrequent throughout its range. It has been reported for Alabama and Georgia but no specimens were seen. Such reports may be based on specimens of E. jonesiae identified as Aster commixtus. Both species have been so identified. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source	FNA vol. 20, p. 373.
Parent taxa	Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Eurybia
Sibling taxa	E. avita, E. chlorolepis, E. compacta, E. conspicua, E. divaricata, E. eryngiifolia, E. furcata, E. hemispherica, E. integrifolia, E. jonesiae, E. macrophylla, E. merita, E. paludosa, E. radula, E. radulina, E. saxicastelli, E. schreberi, E. sibirica, E. spectabilis, E. spinulosa, E. surculosa, E. ×herveyi
Synonyms	Aster mirabilis
Name authority	(Torrey & A. Gray) G. L. Nesom: Phytologia 77: 261. (1995)
Web links	WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Eurybia mirabilis

bouquet aster

Habit

Plants 30–120 cm; not strongly colonial or in clumps, not or barely stipitate-glandular; rhizomes coarse, short, woody.

Stems

1–3+, erect, slightly flexuous, simple, sparsely strigose proximally or glabrescent, densely strigose distally.

Leaves

basal and cauline, margins crenate-serrate, teeth mucronate, margins scabrous to strigoso-ciliate, apices acute to obtuse, ± acuminate, mucronate, abaxial faces scabrous (short strigose), adaxial ± densely strigose;

basal and proximal cauline long-petiolate, petioles not to narrowly winged, sheathing, blades ovate, 50–200 × 30–120 mm, bases shallowly cordate to rounded;

cauline shortly, broadly winged-petiolate to subpetiolate or sessile, ovate or elliptic to lanceolate or oblanceolate, 13–122 × 6–55 mm, gradually reduced distally, bases auriculate, not clasping, or cuneate to winged-attenuate;

distal (arrays) sessile, obovate or oblong to lanceolate, 10–32 × 4–10 mm, bases rounded to attenuate, apices obtuse to rounded or acute.

Peduncles

densely strigose, sometimes sparsely stipitate-glandular distally;

bracts 0–2, broad, densely strigose.

Involucres

campanulate, 7–12 mm, shorter than pappi.

Ray florets

(7–)16–20(–30);

corollas white to lavender, 10–15 × 1.4–2.1 mm.

Disc florets

20–40;

corollas pale yellow, becoming purplish-tinged on lobes, funnelform, slightly ampliate, 6–7.5 mm, tubes longer than throats, lobes spreading, lanceolate, 1–1.5 mm.

Phyllaries

46–75(–90) in 5–7 series, oblong-lanceolate (outer) to linear-lanceolate (inner), strongly unequal, membranous, bases indurate, rounded (outer), green zones in distal 1/3–1/2 foliaceous (outer) or 0 (innermost), margins hyaline, narrowly scarious, erose, ciliate, apices ± squarrose or reflexed, obtuse to acute and mucronulate (outer) or acuminate (inner), faces strigoso-villous to strigillose, eglandular.

Heads

3–10+ in loose, flat-topped, corymbiform arrays.

Cypselae

reddish brown to brown, fusiform, compressed, 3–4 mm, ribs 7–12, faces sparsely strigillose;

pappi of cinnamon (apically clavate) bristles, equaling disc corollas.

= 18.

Eurybia mirabilis

Phenology

Flowering late summer–early fall.

Habitat

Deciduous or mixed deciduous woods, on slopes or alluvial plains, usually on basic or circumneutral soils, Piedmont Plateau

Elevation

100–300 m (300–1000 ft)

Distribution

NC; SC

[BONAP county map]

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Eurybia mirabilis is infrequent throughout its range. It has been reported for Alabama and Georgia but no specimens were seen. Such reports may be based on specimens of E. jonesiae identified as Aster commixtus. Both species have been so identified.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source

FNA vol. 20, p. 373.

Parent taxa

Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Eurybia

Sibling taxa

E. avita, E. chlorolepis, E. compacta, E. conspicua, E. divaricata, E. eryngiifolia, E. furcata, E. hemispherica, E. integrifolia, E. jonesiae, E. macrophylla, E. merita, E. paludosa, E. radula, E. radulina, E. saxicastelli, E. schreberi, E. sibirica, E. spectabilis, E. spinulosa, E. surculosa, E. ×herveyi

Synonyms

Aster mirabilis

Name authority

(Torrey & A. Gray) G. L. Nesom: Phytologia 77: 261. (1995)

Web links

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