Eucephalus breweri |
Eucephalus glaucescens |
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Brewer's aster |
Klickitat aster |
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Habit | Perennials, 10–100 cm (caudices woody). | Perennials, 40–160 cm (with caudices; herbage glabrous, ± glaucous). |
Stems | ascending to erect, glabrate or woolly, eglandular or glandular. |
erect, glabrous. |
Leaves | mid and distal blades linear-lanceolate to ovate, 2–5 cm × 6–15 mm, faces glabrate and eglandular to moderately glandular and/or woolly. |
mid and distal blades linear to narrowly lance-elliptic, 4–10 cm × 4–16 mm. |
Peduncles | sparsely to densely woolly and glandular. |
glabrous or sparsely stipitate-glandular. |
Involucres | turbinate-cylindric, 6–10 mm. |
turbinate to campanulate, 7–9 mm. |
Phyllaries | in 3–4 series (sometimes reddish along margins), lance-linear to lance-oblong, ± subequal, margins eciliate, apices acuminate, abaxial faces glabrate and eglandular to moderately woolly or glandular. |
in 3–5 series (reddish distally), linear to lanceolate or lance-ovate (unequal), apices acuminate, abaxial faces sparsely stipitate-glandular. |
Heads | 1–15(–35) in racemiform to corymbiform or paniculiform arrays. |
5–20(–60) in racemiform to paniculiform arrays. |
Cypselae | strigose; pappus bristles in 1 series (6–10 mm), barbellate. |
obconic, flattened, strigose; pappus bristles in 2 series, smooth or ± barbellate. |
Rays | 0. |
commonly 8 or 13, purple. |
2n | = 18. |
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Eucephalus breweri |
Eucephalus glaucescens |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Sep. | Flowering Jul–Sep(–Oct). |
Habitat | Open coniferous forest and subalpine meadows | Open coniferous woods, meadows, brushy slopes |
Elevation | 1500–3000(–3500) m (4900–9800(–11500) ft) | 800–1500 m (2600–4900 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; NV
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WA
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Discussion | Eucephalus breweri is found in the Sierra Nevada. Specimens at the northern edge of the range may intergrade with E. glabratus and E. tomentellus. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Of conservation concern. Eucephalus glaucescens is known from the vicinity of Mt. Adams in Klickitat, Skamania, and Yakima counties. Intermediates with E. ledophyllus have been reported. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 40. | FNA vol. 20, p. 41. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Eucephalus | Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Eucephalus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Chrysopsis breweri, Aster breweri, Heterotheca breweri | Aster engelmannii var. glaucescens, Aster glaucescens, Aster glaucophyllus, Aster serrulatus, E. glaucophyllus, E. serrulatus |
Name authority | (A. Gray) G. L. Nesom: Phytologia 77: 254. (1995) | (A. Gray) Greene: Pittonia 3: 56. (1896) |
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