Asteraceae
Rayless aster
Eucephalus tomentellus
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Eucephalus
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Rayless aster
Synonyms
- Aster brickellioides Greene
- Aster brickellioides var. brickellioides
- Aster tomentellus (Greene) Frye & Rigg
- Eucephalus bicolor Eastw.
- Eucephalus brickellioides (Greene) G.L.Nesom
- Sericocarpus tomentellus Greene
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Dean Wm. Taylor, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.