Eucephalus glaucescens

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Eucephalus glaucescens
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Eucephalus
Species:
E. glaucescens
Binomial name
Eucephalus glaucescens
(A. Gray) Greene 1896
Synonyms [1]
  • Aster engelmannii var. glaucescensA. Gray 1884
  • Aster glaucescens(A. Gray) S.F. Blake
  • Aster glaucophyllus(Piper) Frye & Rigg
  • Aster serrulatus(Greene) Frye & Rigg 1912 not Harv.1865
  • Eucephalus glaucophyllusPiper
  • Eucephalus macouniiGreene
  • Eucephalus serrulatusGreene

Eucephalus glaucescens is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Klickitat aster. [2] It grows on rocky slopes and in subalpine meadows at high elevations on and near Mount Adams in the south-central part of the US State of Washington. [3]

Eucephalus glaucescens is a perennial herb up to 160 cm (5+13 ft) tall, with a woody caudex. Stems are hairless. Leaves are whitish and waxy. One plant will usually produce 5-60 flower heads in a large array. Each head has 8-13 purple ray florets surrounding numerous yellow disc florets. [4]

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References

  1. The Plant List, Eucephalus glaucescens (A.Gray) Greene
  2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Eucephalus glaucescens". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  3. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. Flora of North America, Eucephalus glaucescens (A. Gray) Greene, 1896. Klickitat aster