Asteraceae
Southern swamp aster
Eurybia paludosa
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Eurybia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Southern swamp aster, Southern prairie aster
Synonyms
- Aster gattingeri Alexander
- Aster hemisphericus Alexander
- Aster paludosus Aiton
- Aster paludosus subsp. hemisphericus (Alexander) Cronquist
- Aster paludosus subsp. paludosus
- Aster paludosus var. hemisphericus (Alexander) Waterf.
- Aster paludosus var. paludosus
- Aster pedionomus Alexander
- Aster verutifolius Alexander
- Diplopappus paludosus Lindl. ex DC.
- Eurybia hemispherica (Alexander) G.L.Nesom
- Heleastrum hemisphericum (Alexander) Shinners
- Heleastrum paludosum (Aiton) DC.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.