Eucephalus paucicapitatus |
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Olympic mountain-aster |
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Habit | Perennials 20–55 cm (caudices woody). |
Stems | ascending to erect, pilose or glandular-pubescent. |
Leaves | mid and distal blades elliptic to elliptic-oblong, 2–4 cm × 4–13 mm, sparsely scabrous to stipitate-glandular abaxially, moderately stipitate-glandular adaxially. |
Peduncles | stipitate-glandular. |
Involucres | turbinate-obconic, 7–9 mm. |
Phyllaries | in 2–3 series (whitish), lance-linear (unequal), apices acute, abaxial faces stipitate-glandular. |
Heads | usually 2–4 in racemiform to corymbiform arrays, somtimes borne singly. |
Cypselae | obconic, pilose; pappus bristles in 2 series, ± barbellate. |
Rays | 7–13(–21), white. |
Eucephalus paucicapitatus |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Aug. |
Habitat | Open subalpine meadows or scree slopes |
Elevation | 800–3300 m [2600–10800 ft] |
Distribution |
WA; BC
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Discussion | Eucephalus paucicapitatus is found on Vancouver Island, where it is very uncommon, and the Olympic Peninsula. It is closely related to E. gormanii. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 42. |
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Synonyms | Aster engelmannii var. paucicapitatus, Aster paucicapitatus |
Name authority | (B. L. Robinson) Greene: Pittonia 3: 56. (1896) |
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