Eucephalus tomentellus
Eucephalus ledophyllus
brickellbush aster, hairy rayless aster, rayless aster
Cascade aster
erect, woolly or cottony.
erect, pilose to stipitate-glandular.
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 lance-elliptic to oblong, 2.5–7 cm × 5–20 mm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent abaxially, ± densely cottony and sometimes stipitate-glandular adaxially.
pubescent.
pilose to stipitate-glandular.
turbinate, 7–10 mm.
turbinate, 7–11 mm.
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 (usually reddish at margins and apices), lanceolate (strongly unequal), apices acute to acuminate, abaxial faces puberulent to stipitate-glandular.
3–40 in racemiform to paniculiform arrays.
3–20 in racemiform to corymbiform arrays.
glabrous or pilose;
pappus bristles in 2 series, ± barbellate.
pilose;
pappus bristles in 2 series, smooth or ± barbellate.
(0–)1–3(–6), violet-purple.
5–21, purple.
= 18.
Eucephalus tomentellus
Eucephalus ledophyllus
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 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.)
1. Peduncles glandular or not, at least ± woolly or cottony; rays usually 13 or 21 | var. ledophyllus |
1. Peduncles glandular, not cottony; rays usually 5 or 8 | var. covillei |
CA
OR
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