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showy aster

Habit Plants 3–10 dm.
Stems

villous proximally, glandular-puberulent distally.

Leaves

cauline, lanceolate to oblanceolate; ovate, or broadly elliptic, 4–15 cm, bases attenuate or truncate, often auriculate;

margins denticulate or serrate-dentate distally;

surfaces glabrous or scabridulous, sessile.

Involucres

9–12 mm.

Ray florets

12–35;

corollas 8–15 mm, blue or violet.

Disc florets

45–55.

Phyllaries

in 4–5 series, chartaceous below, becoming herbaceous above or only at tips, lanceolate;

margins ciliate;

surfaces puberulent.

Fruits

3–4 mm, tan or brown, glabrous;

pappus bristles 9–10 mm.

Heads

peduncles 5–50 mm, glandular-puberulent.

Eurybia conspicua

Distribution
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Discussion

Coniferous forests, mixed woodlands, shrublands, river­banks, roadsides. Flowering Jul–Sep. 400–2000 m. BW. WA; north to British Columbia; northeast to Manitoba, east to SD. Native.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 269
Kenton Chambers
Sibling taxa
E. integrifolia, E. merita, E. radulina
Synonyms Aster conspicuus
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