PLANTS Profile for Eurybia conspicua (western showy aster)

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Eurybia conspicua (Lindl.) G.L. Nesom
western showy aster

Symbol:

EUCO36

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Eurybia conspicua (Lindl.) G.L. Nesom

Aster conspicuus

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Eurybia conspicua (Lindl.) G.L. Nesom

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Synonyms:
Eurybia conspicua (Lindl.) G.L. Nesom

ASCO3

Aster conspicuus Lindl.

Distribution:
Eurybia conspicua (Lindl.) G.L. Nesom


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USA (ID, MT, OR, SD, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, SK)

Related Taxa:
Eurybia conspicua (Lindl.) G.L. Nesom

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 27 species in Eurybia

Classification:
Eurybia conspicua (Lindl.) G.L. Nesom

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Eurybia (Cass.) Cass. – aster
Species	Eurybia conspicua (Lindl.) G.L. Nesom – western showy aster

More Accounts and Images:
Eurybia conspicua (Lindl.) G.L. Nesom

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 513439.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 02:44 AM CDT