White Wood Aster is common in my yard, especially in drier areas. This species was formerly called Aster divaricatus..
Another challenge: asters! (Quibbles, kibbitzes, and $0.02 of course welcome.) Changed my mind on this one; think it is probably Large-leaved rather than Schreber's. They are similar, but Large-leaved usually has violet or lavender flowers (rarely white), while Screber's is always white. Looked at this on another monitor, and can see a violet tinge, which is probably why I originally called it Large-leaved in the field. You can see how huge the lower leaf is in the inset, best viewed large (sorry, didn't have enough room to make the inset as big as I would have liked). NB: most of the lower leaves were a simple heart-shape, not lobed at the base like this one. Growing at the edge of a parking lot near the shore in Acadia National Park. IIRC the flowers are ~.75" (~2 cm) across. Formerly known as Aster macrophyllus.
I will need to remember to go back to see these in bloom.
In Greek mythology, Eurybia (Ancient Greek: Εá½ÂÃÂÃ…βία, Εá½ÂÃÂÃ…βίη), "who has a heart of flint within her", was the consort to the titan Crius and gave birth to Astraios, Perses, and Pallas. She was a minor sea goddess under the dominion of Poseidon. Her parents were Pontos and Gaia.
