Eucephalus tomentellus |
Eucephalus glabratus |
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brickellbush aster, hairy rayless aster, rayless aster |
Siskiyou aster, smooth aster |
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Habit | Perennials 40–90 cm (caudices woody). | Perennials, 30–60 cm (rhizomes branched). |
Stems | erect, woolly or cottony. |
ascending to erect, glabrous or sparsely stipitate-glandular. |
Leaves | mid and distal blades lanceolate to elliptic, 2.5–6 cm × 7–20 mm, abaxial faces glabrous or glabrate, adaxial ± densely woolly to cottony. |
mid and distal blades lanceolate to lance-ovate, 3–6 cm × 5–15 mm, ± glabrous. |
Peduncles | pubescent. |
glabrous or sparsely glandular. |
Involucres | turbinate, 7–10 mm. |
campanulate, 8–9 mm. |
Phyllaries | in 4–6 series (often reddish at margins and apices), linear-oblong to ovate (strongly unequal), apices acute, abaxial faces tomentose to stipitate-glandular. |
in 3–5 series (sometimes reddish apically), lanceolate to narrowly ovate (unequal), apices acute, abaxial glabrous or sparsely glandular. |
Heads | 3–40 in racemiform to paniculiform arrays. |
3–8 in corymbiform arrays. |
Cypselae | glabrous or pilose; pappus bristles in 2 series, ± barbellate. |
appressed-pilose; pappus bristles in 2 series, ± smooth. |
Rays | (0–)1–3(–6), violet-purple. |
0 or 1–2(–4), violet-purple. |
Eucephalus tomentellus |
Eucephalus glabratus |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Aug. | Flowering Jul–Aug. |
Habitat | Open oak or coniferous woods, forest openings and rocky cliffs | Dry open oak or coniferous forest or chaparral |
Elevation | 1300–2400 m (4300–7900 ft) | 700–2300 m (2300–7500 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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CA; OR
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Discussion | Eucephalus tomentellus grows in the Siskiyou Mountains of southwestern Oregon and northern California. It may intergrade with E. breweri and E. glabratus. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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. 42. | FNA vol. 20, p. 41. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Eucephalus | Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Eucephalus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Sericocarpus tomentellus, Aster brickellioides, Aster tomentellus, E. bicolor, E. brickellioides | Aster brickellioides var. glabratus, Aster siskiyouensis, E. glandulosus |
Name authority | (Greene) Greene: Pittonia 3: 55. (1896) | (Greene) Greene: Pittonia 3: 56. (1896) |
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