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Eurybia conspicua

Eurybia chlorolepis

western showy aster
Habit Stout perennial from a creeping rhizome, 3-10 dm. tall, strongly glandular above.
Leaves

Leaves firm, usually sharply toothed, the lowermost small, elliptic, tapering to a short petiole, soon deciduous; the other leaves ample, 6-18 cm. long and 2-8 cm. wide, sessile, ovate to elliptic.

Flowers

Heads several in an open, flat-topped inflorescence;

involucre 8-12 mm. high, densely glandular, its bracts well imbricate, with fairly broad, papery base, tapering to a green tip;

rays 12-35, 10-15 mm. long, blue or purple;

pappus of numerous capillary bristles.

Eurybia conspicua

Eurybia chlorolepis
Flowering time July-September
Habitat Open woods, from foothills to middle elevations in the mountains.
Distribution
Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Oregon, east to the northern Rocky Mountains and northern Great Plains.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
E. integrifolia, E. merita, E. radulina, E. sibirica
E. conspicua, E. integrifolia, E. merita, E. radulina, E. sibirica
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