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Brewer's aster

Habit Plants 2–7 dm.
Stems

ascending to erect, glabrous to sparsely pubescent or glandular.

Leaves

linear-lanceolate to ovate, 2–6 cm × 5–12 mm;

surfaces glabrate to ± glandular-pubescent or woolly-pubescent.

Inflorescences

corymb- to panicle- or raceme-like arrays.

Involucres

turbinate-cylindric, 5–10 mm.

Ray florets

0.

Phyllaries

in 3–4 series, linear-lanceolate to lanceolate-oblong, subequal;

tips acuminate;

surfaces glabrate to ± glandular or woolly-pubescent; outer ? ? as long as involucres.

Fruits

± strigose;

pappus bristles in 2 series, barbellate.

Heads

3–15, discoid.

2n

=18.

Eucephalus breweri

Eucephalus glaucescens

Distribution
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Discussion

Open coniferous woods, meadows. Flowering Jul–Sep. 1200–1800 m. Sisk. CA, NV. Native.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 265
Geraldine Allen
Sibling taxa
E. elegans, E. glabratus, E. gormanii, E. gormanii x Eucephalus ledophyllus, E. ledophyllus, E. tomentellus, E. tomentellus x Eucephalus vialis, E. vialis
E. breweri, E. elegans, E. glabratus, E. gormanii, E. gormanii x Eucephalus ledophyllus, E. ledophyllus, E. tomentellus, E. tomentellus x Eucephalus vialis, E. vialis
Synonyms Aster breweri, Chrysopsis breweri
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