Difference between revisions of "Eucephalus paucicapitatus"

(B. L. Robinson) Greene

Pittonia 3: 56. 1896.

Common names: Olympic Mountain aster
Basionym: Aster engelmannii var. paucicapitatus B. L. Robinson Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 26: 176. 1891 (as engelmanni)
Synonyms: Aster paucicapitatus (B. L. Robinson) B. L. Robinson
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 42. Mentioned on page 40, 41.
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Revision as of 18:43, 24 September 2019

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. Heads usually 2–4 in racemiform to corymbiform arrays, somtimes borne singly. Peduncles stipitate-glandular. Involucres turbinate-obconic, 7–9 mm. Phyllaries in 2–3 series (whitish), lance-linear (unequal), apices acute, abaxial faces stipitate-glandular. Rays 7–13(–21), white. Cypselae obconic, pilose; pappus bristles in 2 series, ± barbellate.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat: Open subalpine meadows or scree slopes
Elevation: 800–3300 m

Discussion

Eucephalus paucicapitatus is found on Vancouver Island, where it is very uncommon, and the Olympic Peninsula. It is closely related to E. gormanii.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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