Eucephalus ledophyllus (A. Gray) Greene
Family: Asteraceae
Cascade Wayside-Aster
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Keir Morse  

Perennials, 20-80 cm (caudices stout). Stems erect, pilose to stipitate-glandular. Leaves: mid and distal blades lance-elliptic to oblong, 2.5-7 cm × 5-20 mm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent abaxially, ± densely cottony and sometimes stipitate-glandular adaxially. Heads 3-20 in racemiform to corymbiform arrays. Peduncles pilose to stipitate-glandular. Involucres turbinate, 7-11 mm. Phyllaries in 3-5 series (usually reddish at margins and apices), lanceolate (strongly unequal), apices acute to acuminate, abaxial faces puberulent to stipitate-glandular. Rays 5-21, purple. Cypselae pilose; pappus bristles in 2 series, smooth or ± barbellate. 2n = 18.

Eucephalus ledophyllus may intergrade with E. engelmannii in the northern part of its range.

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora): w United States.

Eucephalus ledophyllus image
Keir Morse  
Eucephalus ledophyllus image
Keir Morse  
Eucephalus ledophyllus image
Keir Morse  
Eucephalus ledophyllus image
Keir Morse  
Eucephalus ledophyllus image
Keir Morse  
Eucephalus ledophyllus image
Keir Morse  
Eucephalus ledophyllus image
Keir Morse  
Eucephalus ledophyllus image
Keir Morse  
Eucephalus ledophyllus image
Keir Morse  
Eucephalus ledophyllus image
Keir Morse  
Eucephalus ledophyllus image
Gladys Lucille Smith