Eurybia conspicua |
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showy aster |
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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 |
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Distribution | |
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 |
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Synonyms | Aster conspicuus |
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