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purple wood aster

Eurybia spectabilis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Jersey.January 18, February 18, March 21, April 36, May 62, June 21, July 18, August 34, September 59, October 33, November 18, December 17.
United States887
New Jersey314
Massachusetts234
New York156
Pennsylvania54
Rhode Island28
Delaware21
North Carolina15
Maryland14
Alabama13

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderSunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales
FamilySunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae
Genuswood asters · Eurybia

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