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|accepted_name=Eucephalus breweri
|accepted_authority=(A. Gray) G. L. Nesom
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Phytologia
|place=77: 254. 1995
|year=1995
}}
|common_names=Brewer’s aster
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Chrysopsis breweri
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=species
|publication_title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication_place=6: 542. 1866
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Aster breweri
|authority=(A. Gray) Semple
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Heterotheca breweri
|authority=(A. Gray) Shinners
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Astereae;Eucephalus;Eucephalus breweri
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Astereae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Eucephalus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Eucephalus breweri]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 20
|mention_page=page 39, 41, 42
|treatment_page=page 40
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole-organism some measurement;whole-organism duration"><b>Perennials,</b> 10–100 cm (caudices woody).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem pubescence;stem pubescence;stem architecture;stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>ascending to erect, glabrate or woolly, eglandular or glandular.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="mid and distal blade shape;mid and distal blade length;mid and distal blade width;face pubescence;face architecture;face pubescence;face pubescence"><b>Leaves:</b> mid and distal blades linear-lanceolate to ovate, 2–5 cm × 6–15 mm, faces glabrate and eglandular to moderately glandular and/or woolly.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="head atypical quantity;head quantity;array architecture"><b>Heads </b>1–15 (–35) in racemiform to corymbiform or paniculiform arrays.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="peduncle pubescence;peduncle architecture or function or pubescence"><b>Peduncles </b>sparsely to densely woolly and glandular.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="involucre shape;involucre some measurement"><b>Involucres </b>turbinate-cylindric, 6–10 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="phyllarie shape;phyllarie size;series quantity;margin pubescence;apex shape;abaxial face pubescence;abaxial face architecture;abaxial face pubescence;abaxial face pubescence"><b>Phyllaries </b>in 3–4 series (sometimes reddish along margins), lance-linear to lance-oblong, ± subequal, margins eciliate, apices acuminate, abaxial faces glabrate and eglandular to moderately woolly or glandular.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="ray presence"><b>Rays </b>0.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="cypsela pubescence"><b>Cypselae </b>strigose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="series quantity">pappus bristles in 1 series (6–10 mm), barbellate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="pappus bristle architecture;2n chromosome quantity">2n = 18.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jul–Sep.
|habitat=Open coniferous forest and subalpine meadows
|elevation=1500–3000(–3500) m
|distribution=Calif.;Nev.
|discussion=<p>Eucephalus breweri is found in the Sierra Nevada. Specimens at the northern edge of the range may intergrade with E. glabratus and E. tomentellus.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Eucephalus breweri
|authority=(A. Gray) G. L. Nesom
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Aster breweri;Heterotheca breweri
|basionyms=Chrysopsis breweri
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering Jul–Sep.
|habitat=Open coniferous forest and subalpine meadows
|elevation=1500–3000(–3500) m
|distribution=Calif.;Nev.
|reference=None
|publication title=Phytologia
|publication year=1995
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V19-20-21/V20_44.xml
|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Astereae
|genus=Eucephalus
|species=Eucephalus breweri
|2n chromosome quantity=18
|abaxial face architecture=eglandular
|abaxial face pubescence=glandular;woolly;glabrate
|apex shape=acuminate
|array architecture=racemiform;corymbiform or paniculiform
|cypsela pubescence=strigose
|face architecture=eglandular
|face pubescence=woolly;glandular;glabrate
|head atypical quantity=15;35
|head quantity=1;15
|involucre shape=turbinate-cylindric
|involucre some measurement=6mm;10mm
|margin pubescence=eciliate
|mid and distal blade length=2cm;5cm
|mid and distal blade shape=linear-lanceolate;ovate
|mid and distal blade width=6mm;15mm
|pappus bristle architecture=barbellate
|peduncle architecture or function or pubescence=glandular
|peduncle pubescence=woolly
|phyllarie shape=lance-linear;lance-oblong
|phyllarie size=subequal
|ray presence=absent
|series quantity=1;3;4
|stem architecture=glandular;eglandular
|stem orientation=ascending;erect
|stem pubescence=woolly;glabrate
|whole-organism duration=perennial
|whole-organism some measurement=10cm;100cm
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