PLANTS Profile for Eurybia merita (subalpine aster)

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PLANTS Profile

Eurybia merita (A. Nelson) G.L. Nesom
subalpine aster

Symbol:

EUME17

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

More Information:

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Eurybia merita (A. Nelson) G.L. Nesom

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Synonyms:
Eurybia merita (A. Nelson) G.L. Nesom

	ASBE7	Aster behringensis Gandog.
	ASME6	Aster meritus A. Nelson
	ASRI6	Aster richardsonii Spreng.
	ASSIR2	Aster sibiricus L. ssp. richardsonii (Spreng.) Á. Löve & D. Löve
	ASSIG	Aster sibiricus L. var. giganteus (Hook.) A. Gray
	ASSIM	Aster sibiricus L. var. meritus (A. Nelson) Raup
	EUSIG	Eurybia sibirica (L.) G.L. Nesom var. gigantea (Hook.) G.L. Nesom

Native Status:
Eurybia merita (A. Nelson) G.L. Nesom


View Distribution	Native Introduced

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, ID, MT, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY), CAN (BC)

Related Taxa:
Eurybia merita (A. Nelson) G.L. Nesom

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 27 species in Eurybia

Classification:
Eurybia merita (A. Nelson) 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 merita (A. Nelson) G.L. Nesom – subalpine aster

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Eurybia merita (A. Nelson) G.L. Nesom

The synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Washington:
Aster sibiricus var. meritus
Arctic aster		Sensitive

More Accounts and Images:
Eurybia merita (A. Nelson) G.L. Nesom

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 513450.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

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

View 2 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 07:59 PM CDT