Eucephalus elegans

Nuttall

Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 298. 1840.

Common names: Elegant aster
IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Aster perelegans A. Nelson & J. F. Macbride Eucephalus perelegans (A. Nelson & J. F. Macbride) W. A. Weber
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 40.

Perennials 30–70 cm (caudices woody; herbage scabrous). Stems erect, moderately scabrous and/or glandular. Leaves: mid and cauline blades linear-oblong or linear-lanceolate, 2–6 cm × 3–10 mm, faces moderately scabrous and ± short-stipitate-glandular. Heads 3–8 (–15) in racemiform to corymbiform arrays. Peduncles glandular-puberulent. Involucres turbinate-cylindric, 6–9 mm. Phyllaries in 3–5 series (often purplish at margins), ovate, margins eciliate, apices acute, abaxial faces moderately to densely puberulent and glandular. Rays usually 5 or 8, purple. Cypselae strigose; pappus bristles in 2 series, barbellate. 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat: Open meadows, aspen forests, rocky open slopes
Elevation: 1100–3200 m

Distribution

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Colo., Idaho, Mont., Nev., Oreg., Utah.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Eucephalus elegans"
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
distinct +
glabrous +, stipitate-glandular +, tomentose +  and puberulent +
subequal +
scarious +
usually triangular +  and linear +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
racemiform +  and corymbiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Geraldine A. Allen +
Nuttall +
decurrent +
compound +  and simple +
linear;lanceolate;linear;lanceolate;oblong;elliptic;ovate +
rugulose +  and muricate +
barbellate +  and smooth +
whitish +  and tawny +
Elegant aster +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
yellow +, white +, pink +  and purple +
ampliate +
flattened +  and obconic +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Colo. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Nev. +, Oreg. +  and Utah. +
1100–3200 m +
short-stipitate-glandular +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Open meadows, aspen forests, rocky open slopes +
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 />) +
turbinate-cylindric +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
reflexed;erect +
triangular +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
linear-lanceolate +  and linear-oblong +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
glandular-puberulent +
Flowering Jul–Aug. +
Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
concave;usually flat;conic +
exalbuminous +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
glandular +, eglandular +  and simple +
glandular +  and scabrous +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Aster perelegans +  and Eucephalus perelegans +
Eucephalus elegans +
Eucephalus +
species +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (70 cm700 mm <br />0.7 m <br />) +
tree +, shrub +  and subshrub +