Eurybia spinulosa prophouse-winter-2028 brush-like flowers that bloom heavily

brush-like flowers that bloom heavily in late spring and often rebloom through summer

The species hails from Brazil

The black seed pods that follow the flowers rattle into fall and add a second season of interest

Additional photos courtesy of Oregon State University

A native aster with a regional accent

Eurybia spinulosa prophouse-winter-2028 brush-like flowers that bloom heavilyThis very rare aster, now placed in the genus Eurybia, is a true Florida endemic, native only to the moist pine flatwoods of the lower Apalachicola River. The plant is a botanical oddity: the clumping, foot tall foliage is narrow, stiff, and grass like, so unlike the leafy stems of an ordinary aster that a passerby might take the clump for a tuft of sedge. From late spring into early summer, slender flower stems rise above the leaves carrying clusters