Eurybia conspicua
| Western showy aster | |
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| Eurybia conspicua | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Astereae |
| Genus: | Eurybia |
| Species: | E. conspicua |
| Binomial name | |
| Eurybia conspicua (Lindl.) G.L.Nesom | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Eurybia conspicua, commonly known as the western showy aster,[3] is a North American species of plants in the composite family. It is native to western Canada (from Manitoba to British Columbia) and the western United States (northern Cascades, northern Rockies, Black Hills, and other mountains of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and South Dakota).[3][4]
Eurybia conspicua is a perennial spreading by means of underground rhizomes, thus forming loose clonal colonies. Each plant can produce a flat-topped array of 5-50 flower heads, each head with 12–35 blue or violet ray florets surrounding 48–55 yellow disc florets.[3]
References
- ↑ "Eurybia conspicua". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 2007-06-20.
- ↑ The Plant List, Eurybia conspicua (Lindl.) G.L.Nesom
- 1 2 3 Brouillet, Luc (2006). "Eurybia conspicua". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds. 1993+. Flora of North America 20. New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 368.
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
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