Eucephalus engelmannii |
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Engelmann's aster, Engelmann's mountain-aster |
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Habit | Perennials 50–120(–150) cm (with caudices or stout rhizomes). |
Stems | ascending to erect, glabrate or pilose, eglandular to ± densely glandular. |
Leaves | mid and distal blades elliptic to lance-ovate, 5–10 cm × 15–35 mm, faces glabrous and eglandular to adaxially villous and/or ± glandular. |
Peduncles | often stipitate-glandular. |
Involucres | turbinate, 7–10 mm. |
Phyllaries | in 4–6 series (strongly unequal, often reddish apically), linear to lance-ovate, acute to acuminate, pubescent to glandular or glabrate abaxially, villous adaxially, especially distally (appearing ciliate toward tips). |
Heads | 5–15(–40) in racemiform to corymbiform arrays. |
Cypselae | usually pilose; pappus bristles in 2 series, barbellate. |
Rays | usually 8 or 13, white to pink. |
2n | = 18. |
Eucephalus engelmannii |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Aug. |
Habitat | Open coniferous forests, montane and subalpine meadows |
Elevation | 500–3000 m (1600–9800 ft) |
Distribution |
CO; ID; MT; NV; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC
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Discussion | Forms of Eucephalus engelmannii from the Cascade Mountains with leaves more densely pubescent on the abaxial faces may reflect intergradation with E. ledophyllus. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 40. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Eucephalus |
Sibling taxa | |
Synonyms | Aster elegans var. engelmannii, Aster engelmannii |
Name authority | (D. C. Eaton) Greene: Pittonia 3: 54. (1896) |
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