Herrickia glauca var. glauca

Endemic
Synonyms: Aster glaucodes var. formosus Eucephalus formosus
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 363.

Plants 20–70 cm, eglandular. Stems 1–7+, glabrous proximally, sometimes thinly scabridulous distally. Leaf-blades oblong or elliptic-oblong to lanceolate (sometimes narrowly), 40–120 × 5–25 mm, faces glabrous. Heads 2–116+. Peduncles glabrous or sometimes thinly scabridulous or villosulous; bracts 0–2, foliaceous, margins villoso-ciliate or glabrous. Involucres campanulate, 6–9 mm. Phyllaries 15–35, glabrous. Ray-florets (8–) 10–15 (–19); laminae 8–18 × 0.7–1.3 mm. Disc-florets 12–32; corollas 6.8–7.5 mm, lobes 0.7–1.3 mm. 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering summer–fall.
Habitat: Open, rocky slopes, often on calcareous substrates, saline seeps at lower elevations, in sagebrush, pinyon-juniper, Douglas fir, lodgepole pine, and hanging gardens communities
Elevation: 800–3700 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Colo., Idaho, Mont., N.Mex., Utah, Wyo.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
purplish;hyaline +
distinct +
villoso-ciliolate +
0;1/5;1/3 +
mucronate;acute;obtuse +
reduced +
scarious +
usually triangular +  and linear +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
paniculiform +  and open +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Luc Brouillet +
(Nuttall) Brouillet +
cuneate +
indurate +
Eucephalus glaucus +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
elliptic-oblong;lanceolate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
rugulose +  and muricate +
0.64 cm6.4 mm <br />0.0064 m <br /> (0.72 cm7.2 mm <br />0.0072 m <br />) +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
yellow turning reddish purple +  and pale lavender +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
ampliate +
0.68 cm6.8 mm <br />0.0068 m <br /> (0.75 cm7.5 mm <br />0.0075 m <br />) +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br />) +
beaked +, 2-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
tan +  and stramineous +
compressed +  and fusiform +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Ariz. +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, N.Mex. +, Utah +  and Wyo. +
800–3700 m +
scabrellous +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Open, rocky slopes, often on calcareous substrates, saline seeps at lower elevations, in sagebrush, pinyon-juniper, Douglas fir, lodgepole pine, and hanging gardens communities +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
campanulate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
0.7mm;1.3mm +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
elliptic-oblong;lanceolate +
petiolate +  and sessile +
lanceolate +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br />) +
purplish +  and hyaline +
glabrous +  and villoso-ciliate +
scabridulous +
reduced +
scarious +  and indurate +
purplish +  and hyaline +
villoso-ciliolate +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
villosulous +  and glabrous +
scabridulous +
Flowering summer–fall. +
rounded ovate or oblong +  and lanceolate +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
flat;slightly convex +
7 +  and 10 +
exalbuminous +
straight +
1 +  and 7 +
scabridulous +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Aster glaucodes var. formosus +  and Eucephalus formosus +
Herrickia glauca var. glauca +
Herrickia glauca +
variety +
cylindric +
ampliate +
cespitose +  and colonial +
stipitate-glandular +  and glaucous +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (70 cm700 mm <br />0.7 m <br />) +
acuminate +, acute +  and obtuse +