Eucephalus (plant)

Eucephalus
Eucephalus ledophyllus
Dark Divide, Washington
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae
Genus: Eucephalus
Nutt.
Type species
Eucephalus elegans
Nutt.
Synonyms[1]
  • Aster sect. Eucephalus (Nutt.) Munz & D.D. Keck ex A.G. Jones
  • Aster subsect. Eucephalus (Nutt.) Benth.

Eucephalus is a genus of North American flowering plants in the daisy family.[2][3][4]

Eucephalus is a perennial up to 160 cm (64 inches) tall. It has numerous flower heads, some species with both ray disc florets but others with only disc florets. Disc florets are nearly always yellow in the genus, but ray florets can be white, pink, purple, or violet.[4]

Species[5][6][7]
  1. Eucephalus breweri - California Nevada Oregon
  2. Eucephalus elegans - Nevada Oregon Idaho Montana Wyoming Utah Colorado
  3. Eucephalus engelmannii - California Nevada Utah Colorado Idaho Montana Washington British Columbia Alberta
  4. Eucephalus glabratus - California Oregon
  5. Eucephalus glaucescens Washington
  6. Eucephalus gormanii - Oregon
  7. Eucephalus ledophyllus - California Oregon Washington
  8. Eucephalus paucicapitatus - Washington British Columbia Alberta
  9. Eucephalus tomentellus - California Oregon
  10. Eucephalus vialis - California Oregon


References

  1. ↑ Tropicos, Eucephalus Nutt.
  2. ↑ Nuttall, Thomas. 1841. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series 7: 298–299 in English
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Eucephalus Nutt.
  4. 1 2 Flora of North America Vol. 20 Page 39 Eucephalus Nuttall,1840.
  5. ↑ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  6. ↑ The Plant List search for Eucephalus
  7. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps


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