Eurybia compacta

Taxobox
name = Slender Aster


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status = G4
status_system = TNC
status_ref = Cite web
publisher =NatureServe
title = Eurybia compacta
work = NatureServe Explorer
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accessdate = 2007-06-13 ]
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
tribus = Astereae
genus = "Eurybia"
species = "E. compacta"
binomial = "Eurybia compacta"
binomial_authority = G.L.Nesom

"Eurybia compacta", commonly known as the Slender Aster, is an herbaceous perennial native to the southeastern United States. It is commonly found along the coastal plain in dry sandy soils, especially in pinelands and. While it is not considered to be in high danger of extinction, it is of conservation concern and has most likely been extirpated from much of it original range. The slender aster was for a long time believed to be a variety of "E. surculosa", but Guy Nesom's recent research within the genus has shown that it is distinct enough to be treated as a species. It has also been shown to be related to "E. avita" and "E. paludosa". The flowers emerge from midsummer to the beginning of fall and show pale light violet to reddish purple ray florets and pale yellow disc florets at the center.

Taxonomy

The first name applied to the slender aster was "Aster gracilis", which was given by Thomas Nuttall in 1818. Asa Gray later decided that it was better treated as a variety of "Aster surculosus". When Guy Nesom decided to transfer many of the North American plants within the genus "Aster" to "Eurybia", the plant needed to receive a new name as a "Eurybia gracilis" had already been used for a different species named by George Bentham in 1837, and now placed in "Camptacra".Citation
last =Brouillet
first =Luc
contribution =Eurybia compacta
year =2006
title =Flora of North America
editor-last =Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds. 1993+
editor-first =
volume =20
pages =377
contribution-url =http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066746
place=New York & Oxford
publisher =Oxford University Press
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