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|accepted_name=Eucephalus engelmannii
|accepted_authority=(D. C. Eaton) Greene
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Pittonia
|place=3: 54. 1896
|year=1896
}}
|common_names=Engelmann’s aster
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Aster elegans var. engelmannii
|authority=D. C. Eaton
|publication_title=in S. Watson, Botany (Fortieth Parallel),
|publication_place=144. 1871 (as engelmanni)
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Aster engelmannii
|authority=(D. C. Eaton) A. Gray
}}
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Astereae;Eucephalus;Eucephalus engelmannii
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Astereae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Eucephalus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Eucephalus engelmannii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 20
|mention_page=page 41
|treatment_page=page 40
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials </b>50–120(–150) cm (with caudices or stout rhizomes). <b>Stems</b> ascending to erect, glabrate or pilose, eglandular to ± densely glandular. <b>Leaves</b>: mid and distal blades elliptic to lance-ovate, 5–10 cm × 15–35 mm, faces glabrous and eglandular to adaxially villous and/or ± glandular. <b>Heads</b> 5–15(–40) in racemiform to corymbiform arrays. <b>Peduncles</b> often stipitate-glandular. <b>Involucres</b> turbinate, 7–10 mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> in 4–6 series (strongly unequal, often reddish apically), linear to lance-ovate, acute to acuminate, pubescent to glandular or glabrate abaxially, villous adaxially, especially distally (appearing ciliate toward tips). <b>Rays</b> usually 8 or 13, white to pink. <b>Cypselae</b> usually pilose; pappus bristles in 2 series, barbellate. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jul–Aug.
|habitat=Open coniferous forests, montane and subalpine meadows
|elevation=500–3000 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.
|discussion=<p>Forms of <i>Eucephalus engelmannii</i> from the Cascade Mountains with leaves more densely pubescent on the abaxial faces may reflect intergradation with <i>E. ledophyllus</i>.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Eucephalus engelmannii
|author=
|authority=(D. C. Eaton) Greene
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Aster engelmannii
|basionyms=Aster elegans var. engelmannii
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering Jul–Aug.
|habitat=Open coniferous forests, montane and subalpine meadows
|elevation=500–3000 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Pittonia
|publication year=1896
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V19-20-21/V20_46.xml
|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Astereae
|genus=Eucephalus
|species=Eucephalus engelmannii
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