Eastwoodia

Eastwoodia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Eastwoodia
Brandegee
Binomial name
Eastwoodia elegans
Brandeg.

Eastwoodia is a North American genus of plants in the sunflower family. It contains the single species Eastwoodia elegans, a flower known by the common name yellow mock aster or yellow aster.[1] It is endemic to California. This plant is found only on the grasslands and hillsides of central California, from the Bay Area south to the Tehachapis.[2][1]

Eastwoodia elegansis is a shrub which sends up several erect and branched stems up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. One plant can produce several yellow flower heads, each containing as many as 40 disc florets but no ray florets. The stems have a shredding bark and small leaves rarely more than 5 cm (2 inches) long.[3][4]

The genus was named for the Canadian-American botanist Alice Eastwood, 1859–1953.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Calflora taxon report, Eastwoodia elegans Brandegee, yellow aster, yellow mock aster
  2. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  3. ↑ Flora of North America, Eastwoodia Brandegee
  4. ↑ Brandegee, Townshend Stith 1894. Zoë 4(4): Plate XXX (30) full-page line drawing of Eastwoodia elegansis
  5. ↑ Brandegee, Townshend Stith 1894. Zoë 4(4): 397–398 description and commentary in English

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, October 02, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.