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|accepted_name=Eucephalus paucicapitatus
|accepted_authority=(B. L. Robinson) Greene
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Pittonia
|place=3: 56. 1896
|year=1896
}}
|common_names=Olympic Mountain aster
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Aster engelmannii var. paucicapitatus
|authority=B. L. Robinson
|rank=variety
|publication_title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication_place=26: 176. 1891 (as engelmanni)
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Aster paucicapitatus
|authority=(B. L. Robinson) B. L. Robinson
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Astereae;Eucephalus;Eucephalus paucicapitatus
|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 paucicapitatus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 20
|mention_page=page 40, 41
|treatment_page=page 42
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole-organism some measurement;whole-organism duration"><b>Perennials </b>20–55 cm (caudices woody).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem pubescence;stem pubescence"><b>Stems </b>ascending to erect, pilose or glandular-pubescent.</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;mid and distal blade pubescence;mid and distal blade pubescence"><b>Leaves:</b> mid and distal blades elliptic to elliptic-oblong, 2–4 cm × 4–13 mm, sparsely scabrous to stipitate-glandular abaxially, moderately stipitate-glandular adaxially.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="head quantity;head arrangement;array architecture"><b>Heads </b>usually 2–4 in racemiform to corymbiform arrays, somtimes borne singly.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="peduncle pubescence"><b>Peduncles </b>stipitate-glandular.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="involucre shape;involucre some measurement"><b>Involucres </b>turbinate-obconic, 7–9 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="phyllarie arrangement or course or shape;series quantity;apex shape;abaxial face pubescence"><b>Phyllaries </b>in 2–3 series (whitish), lance-linear (unequal), apices acute, abaxial faces stipitate-glandular.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="ray atypical quantity;ray quantity;ray coloration"><b>Rays </b>7–13 (–21), white.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="cypsela shape;cypsela pubescence"><b>Cypselae </b>obconic, pilose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="pappus bristle architecture;series quantity">pappus bristles in 2 series, ± barbellate.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jul–Aug.
|habitat=Open subalpine meadows or scree slopes
|elevation=800–3300 m
|distribution=B.C.;Wash.
|discussion=<p>Eucephalus paucicapitatus is found on Vancouver Island, where it is very uncommon, and the Olympic Peninsula. It is closely related to E. gormanii.</p>
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name=Eucephalus paucicapitatus
|authority=(B. L. Robinson) Greene
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Aster paucicapitatus
|basionyms=Aster engelmannii var. paucicapitatus
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering Jul–Aug.
|habitat=Open subalpine meadows or scree slopes
|elevation=800–3300 m
|distribution=B.C.;Wash.
|reference=None
|publication title=Pittonia
|publication year=1896
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V19-20-21/V20_53.xml
|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Astereae
|genus=Eucephalus
|species=Eucephalus paucicapitatus
|abaxial face pubescence=stipitate-glandular
|apex shape=acute
|array architecture=racemiform;corymbiform
|cypsela pubescence=pilose
|cypsela shape=obconic
|head arrangement=singly
|head quantity=2;4
|involucre shape=turbinate-obconic
|involucre some measurement=7mm;9mm
|mid and distal blade length=2cm;4cm
|mid and distal blade pubescence=stipitate-glandular;sparsely scabrous;stipitate-glandular abaxially
|mid and distal blade shape=elliptic;elliptic-oblong
|mid and distal blade width=4mm;13mm
|pappus bristle architecture=barbellate
|peduncle pubescence=stipitate-glandular
|phyllarie arrangement or course or shape=lance-linear
|ray atypical quantity=13;21
|ray coloration=white
|ray quantity=7;13
|series quantity=2;2;3
|stem orientation=ascending;erect
|stem pubescence=glandular-pubescent;pilose
|whole-organism duration=perennial
|whole-organism some measurement=20cm;55cm
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