Eucephalus ledophyllus |
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Cascade aster |
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Habit | Perennials, 20–80 cm (caudices stout). | ||||
Stems | erect, pilose to stipitate-glandular. |
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Leaves | mid and distal blades lance-elliptic to oblong, 2.5–7 cm × 5–20 mm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent abaxially, ± densely cottony and sometimes stipitate-glandular adaxially. |
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Peduncles | pilose to stipitate-glandular. |
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Involucres | turbinate, 7–11 mm. |
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Phyllaries | in 3–5 series (usually reddish at margins and apices), lanceolate (strongly unequal), apices acute to acuminate, abaxial faces puberulent to stipitate-glandular. |
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Heads | 3–20 in racemiform to corymbiform arrays. |
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Cypselae | pilose; pappus bristles in 2 series, smooth or ± barbellate. |
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Rays | 5–21, purple. |
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2n | = 18. |
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Eucephalus ledophyllus |
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Distribution |
CA; OR; WA
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Discussion | eucephalus ledophyllus may intergrade with e. engelmannii in the northern part of its range Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 41. | ||||
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Eucephalus | ||||
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Synonyms | Aster engelmannii var. ledophyllus, Aster ledophyllus | ||||
Name authority | (A. Gray) Greene: Pittonia 3: 55. (1896) | ||||
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