Eucephalus glabratus |
Eucephalus gormanii |
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Siskiyou aster, smooth aster |
Gorman's aster |
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Habit | Perennials, 30–60 cm (rhizomes branched). | Perennials, 10–40 cm (caudices woody or rhizomes short-creeping; herbage sparsely to moderately glandular-hairy, not glaucous). |
Stems | ascending to erect, glabrous or sparsely stipitate-glandular. |
ascending to erect, sparsely to moderately glandular-hairy. |
Leaves | mid and distal blades lanceolate to lance-ovate, 3–6 cm × 5–15 mm, ± glabrous. |
mid and distal blades lance-ovate to elliptic, 1.5–3 cm × 4–10 mm. |
Peduncles | glabrous or sparsely glandular. |
glandular. |
Involucres | campanulate, 8–9 mm. |
turbinate, 6–8 mm. |
Phyllaries | in 3–5 series (sometimes reddish apically), lanceolate to narrowly ovate (unequal), apices acute, abaxial glabrous or sparsely glandular. |
in 2–4 series (whitish), lanceolate to ovate (unequal), apices acute, abaxial face glabrous or glandular-hairy. |
Heads | 3–8 in corymbiform arrays. |
usually 2–5 in racemiform to corymbiform arrays, sometimes borne singly. |
Cypselae | appressed-pilose; pappus bristles in 2 series, ± smooth. |
pilose; pappus bristles in 2 series smooth or ± barbellate. |
Rays | 0 or 1–2(–4), violet-purple. |
(5–)8–13, white (often pinkish in bud). |
2n | = 18. |
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Eucephalus glabratus |
Eucephalus gormanii |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Aug. | Flowering Jul–Aug. |
Habitat | Dry open oak or coniferous forest or chaparral | Open rocky slopes and exposed cliffs |
Elevation | 700–2300 m (2300–7500 ft) | 1200–1900 m (3900–6200 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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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.) |
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. 41. | FNA vol. 20, p. 41. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Eucephalus | Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Eucephalus |
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Synonyms | Aster brickellioides var. glabratus, Aster siskiyouensis, E. glandulosus | Aster gormanii |
Name authority | (Greene) Greene: Pittonia 3: 56. (1896) | Piper: Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 29: 101. (1916) |
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