Eucephalus glabratus |
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Siskiyou aster, smooth aster |
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Habit | Perennials, 30–60 cm (rhizomes branched). |
Stems | ascending to erect, glabrous or sparsely stipitate-glandular. |
Leaves | mid and distal blades lanceolate to lance-ovate, 3–6 cm × 5–15 mm, ± glabrous. |
Peduncles | glabrous or sparsely glandular. |
Involucres | campanulate, 8–9 mm. |
Phyllaries | in 3–5 series (sometimes reddish apically), lanceolate to narrowly ovate (unequal), apices acute, abaxial glabrous or sparsely glandular. |
Heads | 3–8 in corymbiform arrays. |
Cypselae | appressed-pilose; pappus bristles in 2 series, ± smooth. |
Rays | 0 or 1–2(–4), violet-purple. |
Eucephalus glabratus |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Aug. |
Habitat | Dry open oak or coniferous forest or chaparral |
Elevation | 700–2300 m (2300–7500 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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Discussion | Eucephalus glabratus is found in the Klamath Mountains of northwestern California and southwestern Oregon. The species is reported to intergrade with E. breweri, E. ledophyllus, and E. tomentellus. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 41. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Eucephalus |
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Synonyms | Aster brickellioides var. glabratus, Aster siskiyouensis, E. glandulosus |
Name authority | (Greene) Greene: Pittonia 3: 56. (1896) |
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