Eucephalus breweri |
Eucephalus gormanii |
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Brewer's aster |
Gorman's aster |
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Habit | Perennials, 10–100 cm (caudices woody). | Perennials, 10–40 cm (caudices woody or rhizomes short-creeping; herbage sparsely to moderately glandular-hairy, not glaucous). |
Stems | ascending to erect, glabrate or woolly, eglandular or glandular. |
ascending to erect, sparsely to moderately glandular-hairy. |
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 lance-ovate to elliptic, 1.5–3 cm × 4–10 mm. |
Peduncles | sparsely to densely woolly and glandular. |
glandular. |
Involucres | turbinate-cylindric, 6–10 mm. |
turbinate, 6–8 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 2–4 series (whitish), lanceolate to ovate (unequal), apices acute, abaxial face glabrous or glandular-hairy. |
Heads | 1–15(–35) in racemiform to corymbiform or paniculiform arrays. |
usually 2–5 in racemiform to corymbiform arrays, sometimes borne singly. |
Cypselae | strigose; pappus bristles in 1 series (6–10 mm), barbellate. |
pilose; pappus bristles in 2 series smooth or ± barbellate. |
Rays | 0. |
(5–)8–13, white (often pinkish in bud). |
2n | = 18. |
= 18. |
Eucephalus breweri |
Eucephalus gormanii |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Sep. | Flowering Jul–Aug. |
Habitat | Open coniferous forest and subalpine meadows | Open rocky slopes and exposed cliffs |
Elevation | 1500–3000(–3500) m (4900–9800(–11500) ft) | 1200–1900 m (3900–6200 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; NV
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OR
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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.) |
Eucephalus gormanii is known only from the central Cascade Mountains. It is closely related to E. paucicapitatus. (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 |
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Synonyms | Chrysopsis breweri, Aster breweri, Heterotheca breweri | Aster gormanii |
Name authority | (A. Gray) G. L. Nesom: Phytologia 77: 254. (1995) | Piper: Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 29: 101. (1916) |
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