Eurybia hemispherica Baby Blues Asphodeline named after This species was

named after This species was named after the late UC DAvis Evolution/Ecology professor

summer-flowering perennial

each individual flower lasts only one day

resembling the smile of the protagonist characters from the movie Deliverance

Eurybia hemispherica Baby Blues Asphodeline named after This species was(aka: Aster hemispherica) Eurybia (Aster) hemispherica 'Baby Blues' is a Van der Giessen Nursery collection of the Southeast (Kansas south to Florida) native. This collection of this little known mesic to dryland species hails from the Black Belt region of Autauga County, Alabama. Our decade old garden specimen has formed a 2' tall x 5' wide patch of 2' long arching, thin, bristly stems, that branch toward the tip. Starting for us in late August, the