Sericocarpus oregonensis

Nuttall

Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 302. 1840.

Common names: Oregon white-topped aster
Endemic
Synonyms: Aster oregonensis (Nuttall) Cronquist
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 104. Mentioned on page 103.

Plants 24–102 cm. Stems erect, hairy. Leaves basal and proximalmost cauline withering by flowering; cauline sessile; blades broadly lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 10–100 × 3–20 mm, margins entire, apices acuminate to acute, faces hairy. Heads 2–4 per branch, in corymbiform arrays. Peduncle bracts broadly lanceolate to narrowly ovate, hairy. Involucres 5–7 mm at flowering. Phyllaries in 3–4 series, puberulent, outer series 3–5 mm, mid series 4–6 mm. Ray-florets 2–6; straps 3–6 mm, corolla-tubes 3–4 mm. Disc-florets 9–20; corolla-tubes 3–5 mm, lobes 1–2 mm. Ovaries fusiform, 1–3 mm, strigose; pappi: inner series 5–7 mm.

Discussion

Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Stems and leaves sparsely hairy Sericocarpus oregonensis subsp. oregonensis
1 Stems and leaves moderately to densely hairy Sericocarpus oregonensis subsp. californicus

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not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
distinct +
acuminate;acute +
subequal +
scarious +
usually triangular +  and linear +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
John C. Semple +  and Michelle R. Leonard +
Nuttall +
decurrent +
indurate +
compound +  and simple +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
broadly lanceolate;narrowly ovate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
rugulose +  and muricate +
ovate +, obovate +  and linear +
Oregon white-topped aster +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
white +  and cream +
fusiform +  and obconic terete +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Calif. +, Oreg. +  and Wash. +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
petiolate +  and sessile +
cauline +, proximalmost +  and basal +
erect;spreading +
triangular +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
2-carpellate +
fusiform +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
white +  and tan or rust +
persistent +
thumbnail--shaped +
Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
exalbuminous +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Aster oregonensis +
Sericocarpus oregonensis +
Sericocarpus +
species +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (120 cm1,200 mm <br />1.2 m <br />) +
dark green +