Asteraceae
Bigleaf aster
Eurybia macrophylla
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Eurybia
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Common names
By language (9)
- arz
- استر ماكروفيلوس
- Chinese
- 大叶紫苑, 大葉紫苑
- Czech
- Hvězdnice velkolistá
- Dutch
- Grote aster
- English
- Bigleaf aster, Large-leaved aster, Big leaf aster, Big-leaved aster, Large-leaved wood aster, Bigleaf wood aster, Largeleaf aster
- Finnish
- Lehtoasteri
- French
- Pétouane
- German
- Großblättrige Aster
- Slovak
- Astra veľkolistá
Synonyms
- Aster ambiguus Bernh. ex Nees
- Aster jussiei E.S.Burgess
- Aster latifolius Desf.
- Aster macrophyllus L.
- Aster macrophyllus f. macrophyllus
- Aster macrophyllus var. apricensis E.S.Burgess
- Aster macrophyllus var. excelsior E.S.Burgess
- Aster macrophyllus var. ianthinus (E.S.Burgess) Fernald
- Aster macrophyllus var. macrophyllus
- Aster macrophyllus var. pinguifolius E.S.Burgess
- Aster macrophyllus var. sejunctus E.S.Burgess
- Aster macrophyllus var. velutinus E.S.Burgess
- Aster multiformis E.S.Burgess
- Aster polyphyllus Moench
- Aster riciniatus E.S.Burgess
- Aster subcymosus Bernh. ex Nees
- Biotia latifolia DC.
- Biotia macrophylla var. macrophylla
- Eurybia jussiei Cass.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: rboles, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: rockerBOO, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Emy Hood, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: back_to_nature, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: mlcummins, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: sandysloan720, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.