Eucephalus glaucescens

Eucephalus glaucescens is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Klickitat aster.^[2] It grows on rocky slopes and in subalpine meadows at high elevations on and near Mount Adams in the south-central part of the US State of Washington.^[3]

Eucephalus glaucescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Eucephalus
Species:	E. glaucescens
Binomial name
Eucephalus glaucescens (A. Gray) Greene 1896
Synonyms[1]
Aster engelmannii var. glaucescens A. Gray 1884 Aster glaucescens (A. Gray) S.F. Blake Aster glaucophyllus (Piper) Frye & Rigg Aster serrulatus (Greene) Frye & Rigg 1912 not Harv.1865 Eucephalus glaucophyllus Piper Eucephalus macounii Greene Eucephalus serrulatus Greene

Eucephalus glaucescens is a perennial herb up to 160 cm (5+1⁄3 ft) tall, with a woody caudex. Stems are hairless. Leaves are whitish and waxy. One plant will usually produce 5-60 flower heads in a large array. Each head has 8-13 purple ray florets surrounding numerous yellow disc florets.^[4]