Eucephalus ledophyllus var. covillei

(Greene) G. L. Nesom

Phytologia 77: 255. 1995.

Endemic
Basionym: Eucephalus covillei Greene Pittonia 3: 162. 1897
Synonyms: Aster covillei (Greene) S. F. Blake ex M. Peck Aster ledophyllus var. covillei (Greene) Cronquist
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 42.

Peduncles glandular, not cottony. Rays usually 5 or 8.2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat: Montane meadows, openings in montane to subalpine coniferous forest
Elevation: 400–2500 m

Discussion

Variety covillei is most common in central and southern Oregon and California.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
puberulent +  and stipitate-glandular +
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
distinct +
glabrous +, stipitate-glandular +, tomentose +  and puberulent +
acute;acuminate +
subequal +
scarious +
usually triangular +  and linear +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
racemiform +  and corymbiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Geraldine A. Allen +
(Greene) G. L. Nesom +
decurrent +
Eucephalus covillei +
compound +  and simple +
linear;lanceolate;linear;lanceolate;oblong;elliptic;ovate +
rugulose +  and muricate +
barbellate +  and smooth +
whitish +  and tawny +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
yellow +, white +, pink +  and purple +
ampliate +
flattened +  and obconic +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Calif. +  and Oreg. +
400–2500 m +
stipitate-glandular +, woolly +, cottony +, scabrous +  and glabrate +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Montane meadows, openings in montane to subalpine coniferous forest +
discoid +  and radiate +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
reflexed;erect +
triangular +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
stipitate-glandular +, cottony +, pubescent +  and glabrous +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
2-carpellate +
barbellate +  and smooth +
persistent +
Flowering Jul–Aug. +
lanceolate +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
concave;usually flat;conic +
exalbuminous +
glandular +, eglandular +  and simple +
pilose +  and stipitate-glandular +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Aster covillei +  and Aster ledophyllus var. covillei +
Eucephalus ledophyllus var. covillei +
Eucephalus ledophyllus +
variety +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br />) +
tree +, shrub +  and subshrub +