Eucephalus tomentellus |
Eucephalus vialis |
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brickellbush aster, hairy rayless aster, rayless aster |
wayside aster |
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Habit | Perennials 40–90 cm (caudices woody). | Perennials, 60–120 cm (caudices stout). |
Stems | erect, woolly or cottony. |
erect, pilose to glandular-pubescent. |
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. |
middle and distal cauline blades lanceolate-elliptic, 5–9 cm × 15–30 mm, abaxial faces usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely pubescent, adaxial faces glandular-pubescent. |
Peduncles | pubescent. |
stipitate-glandular. |
Involucres | turbinate, 7–10 mm. |
turbinate, 8–10 mm. |
Ray florets | 0. |
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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 3–6 series (sometimes reddish at margins and apices), linear to linear-oblong (strongly unequal), apices acute to acuminate, abaxial faces stipitate-glandular. |
Heads | 3–40 in racemiform to paniculiform arrays. |
5–50(–120) in racemiform to paniculiform arrays. |
Cypselae | glabrous or pilose; pappus bristles in 2 series, ± barbellate. |
pilose; pappus bristles in 2 series, smooth or ± barbellate. |
Rays | (0–)1–3(–6), violet-purple. |
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Eucephalus tomentellus |
Eucephalus vialis |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Aug. | Flowering Jul. |
Habitat | Open oak or coniferous woods, forest openings and rocky cliffs | Dry open oak or coniferous woods |
Elevation | 1300–2400 m (4300–7900 ft) | 200–500 m (700–1600 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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OR |
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.) |
Of conservation concern. Eucephalus vialis is only known from Lane and Douglas counties. It is considered threatened. It is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 42. | FNA vol. 20, p. 42. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Eucephalus | Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Eucephalus |
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Synonyms | Sericocarpus tomentellus, Aster brickellioides, Aster tomentellus, E. bicolor, E. brickellioides | Aster vialis |
Name authority | (Greene) Greene: Pittonia 3: 55. (1896) | Bradshaw: Torreya 20: 122. (1921) |
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