Key to Eurybia

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(For a list of species in Eurybia, use the above link.)

Jepson Manual glossary definitions can be seen by moving your cursor over words underlined with dots.

1. Stem distally glandular; disk corolla tube < throat; leaves 

entire 

Having margins that are continuous and smooth (i.e., without teeth, lobes, etc.).

, 

basal 

At or near the base of a plant or plant part. Especially said of leaves clustered near the ground or of a placenta confined to the base of an ovary.

present at flower, > cauline ..... E. integrifolia

1' Stem hairy, not glandular; disk corolla tube >= throat; leaves entire to sharply toothed, basal and proximal cauline early-deciduous

2. Ray corolla purple to violet; 

leaf 

Organ arising from a stem, generally composed of a stalk (petiole) and a flat, expanded, green, photosynthetic area (blade); distinguished from a leaflet by the presence in its axil of a bud, branch, thorn, or flower; sometimes with lateral, basal appendages (stipules); either simple (toothed, lobed, or dissected but not divided into leaflets) or compound (divided into leaflets).

entire to minutely 

serrate 

Having margins with sharp, fine to coarse teeth generally pointing tipward, not outward; margins with such teeth on such primary teeth are doubly serrate.

, cauline with small earlike basal 

lobes 

1. A major expansion or bulge, such as on the margin of a leaf, sepal, or petal, or on the surface of an ovary. 2. The free tips of otherwise fused structures, such as sepals or petals; larger than teeth.

or slightly clasping; stems 

decumbent 

lying mostly flat on the ground but with tips curving up.

to 

ascending 

Curving or angling upward from base, or about 30-60 degrees less than vertical or away from axis of attachment.

, distally minutely soft-wavy-hairy; phyllary dark-purple-margined ..... E. merita

2' Ray corolla white to pale violet; leaf coarsely serrate, cauline often clasping; stems ascending to 

erect 

Upright; vertically oriented.

, ± densely long-soft-wavy-hairy; phyllary sometimes purple-margined ..... E. radulina

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