Eurybia eryngiifolia

Thistleleaf Aster

Eurybia eryngiifolia (Torr. & A. Gray) G.L. Nesom is native to low pine flatwoods, pine savannas, bogs, often on wet sand, on southern coastal plains of  Panhandle Florida and adjacent Alabama and Georgia (Brouillet 2006 FNA).  The species is distinguished by its solitary or few-headed inflorescence with large heads with 25–60, white (to pinkish) rays and  115–260 disc florets, and its distinctive serrate stem leaves.  It blooms in late spring and earlier summer.  The species is diploid (2n=18).