Eucephalus tomentellus

(Greene) Greene

Pittonia 3: 55. 1896.

Common names: Brickellbush aster
Endemic
Basionym: Sericocarpus tomentellus Greene Pittonia 1: 283. 1889
Synonyms: Aster brickellioides Greene Aster tomentellus (Greene) Frye & Rigg Eucephalus bicolor Eastwood Eucephalus brickellioides (Greene) G. L. Nesom
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 42. Mentioned on page 39, 40, 41.

Perennials 40–90 cm (caudices woody). Stems erect, woolly or cottony. 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. Heads 3–40 in racemiform to paniculiform arrays. Peduncles pubescent. Involucres turbinate, 7–10 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. Rays (0–)1–3(–6), violet-purple. Cypselae glabrous or pilose; pappus bristles in 2 series, ± barbellate.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat: Open oak or coniferous woods, forest openings and rocky cliffs
Elevation: 1300–2400 m

Discussion

Eucephalus tomentellus grows in the Siskiyou Mountains of southwestern Oregon and northern California. It may intergrade with E. breweri and E. glabratus.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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Geraldine A. Allen +
(Greene) Greene +
Sericocarpus tomentellus +
Brickellbush aster +
Calif. +  and Oreg. +
1300–2400 m +
Open oak or coniferous woods, forest openings and rocky cliffs +
Flowering Jul–Aug. +
Aster brickellioides +, Aster tomentellus +, Eucephalus bicolor +  and Eucephalus brickellioides +
Eucephalus tomentellus +
Eucephalus +
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