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Eucephalus paucicapitatus

Siskiyou aster, smooth aster

Habit Plants 3–7 dm.
Stems

erect, glabrous to sparsely glandular-pubescent.

Leaves

lanceolate to lanceolate-ovate, 3–6 cm × 5–20 mm;

surfaces ± glabrous.

Inflorescences

corymb- to raceme-like arrays.

Involucres

campanulate, 7–10 mm.

Ray florets

0–2(4);

corollas violet-purple.

Phyllaries

in 3–5 series, strongly imbricate, lanceolate to narrowly ovate;

tips acute;

surfaces ± glabrous; outer < ? as long as involucres.

Fruits

± pilose;

pappus bristles in 2 series; ± smooth.

Heads

3–20, discoid or radiate.

2n

=18.

Eucephalus paucicapitatus

Eucephalus glabratus

Distribution
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Discussion

Dry open forests, chaparral. Flowering Jul–Sep. 400–2000 m. Sisk. CA. Native.

This species hybridizes with E. tomentellus and E. vialis.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 266
Geraldine Allen
Sibling taxa
E. breweri, 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. gormanii, E. gormanii x Eucephalus ledophyllus, E. ledophyllus, E. tomentellus, E. tomentellus x Eucephalus vialis, E. vialis
Synonyms Aster siskiyouensis
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