Eucephalus ledophyllus

Eucephalus ledophyllus
	Dark Divide in Washington
	Mount Rainier National Park
Conservation status
	; Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Eucephalus
Species:	E. ledophyllus
Binomial name
	Eucephalus ledophyllus; (A.Gray) Greene
Synonyms
	Aster engelmannii var. ledophyllus A. Gray 1872; Aster ledophyllus (A. Gray) A. Gray; Aster covillei (Greene) S.F.Blake ex M.Peck, syn of var. covillei; Eucephalus covillei Greene, syn of var. covillei;

Eucephalus ledophyllus is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Cascade aster. It is native to Washington, Oregon and northern California in the United States, mostly in the Cascade Mountains.^[1] Some of the populations are inside national parks and monuments: Mount Rainier National Park, North Cascades National Park, and Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument.^[1]^[3]^[4]

Eucephalus ledophyllus is a perennial herb up to 80 cm (32 inches) tall, with a large woody caudex. One plant will usually produce 3-20 flower heads in a showy array. Each head has 5–21 purple ray florets surrounding numerous yellow disc florets.^[5]

Varieties

Eucephalus ledophyllus var. covillei (Greene) G.L.Nesom - Oregon, California - flower stalks not cottony
Eucephalus ledophyllus var. ledophyllus - Washington, Oregon - flower stalks cottony

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Eucephalus ledophyllus. The Nature Conservancy.
^ The Plant List, Eucephalus ledophyllus (A.Gray) Greene
^ Biota of North America Program, 2014 county distribution map
^ Turner Photographics, Aster ledophyllus - Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest photos, description, partial distribution map
^ Flora of North America, Eucephalus ledophyllus (A.Gray) Greene, 1896. Cascade aster

External links

Oregon Flora Image Project, University of Hawaii, Eucephalus ledophyllus (A. Gray) E. Greene, Cascades aster - native numerous photosError: "Q15548010" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.

[tnc-1] Eucephalus ledophyllus. The Nature Conservancy.

[2] The Plant List, Eucephalus ledophyllus (A.Gray) Greene

[3] Biota of North America Program, 2014 county distribution map

[4] Turner Photographics, Aster ledophyllus - Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest photos, description, partial distribution map

[5] Flora of North America, Eucephalus ledophyllus (A.Gray) Greene, 1896. Cascade aster

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Eucephalus ledophyllus

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