Eastwoodia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Astereae
Subtribus: Solidagininae
Genus: Eastwoodia
Species: E. elegans
Name

Eastwoodia Brandegee
References

Brandegee, Zoë 4(4): 397–398, pl. 30. 1894.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Eastwoodia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Mar. 19. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Eastwoodia. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 19 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Eastwoodia in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Mar. 19.
Tropicos.org 2018. Eastwoodia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Mar. 2018.

Eastwoodia is a North American genus of plants in the sunflower family. It contains the single species Eastwoodia elegans, a flower known by the common name yellow mock aster or yellow aster.[1] It is endemic to California. This plant is found only on the grasslands and hillsides of central California, from the Bay Area south to the Tehachapis.[2][1]

Eastwoodia elegansis is a shrub which sends up several erect and branched stems up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. One plant can produce several yellow flower heads, each containing as many as 40 disc florets but no ray florets. The stems have a shredding bark and small leaves rarely more than 5 cm (2 inches) long.[3][4]

The genus was named for the Canadian-American botanist Alice Eastwood, 1859–1953.[5]
References

Calflora taxon report, Eastwoodia elegans Brandegee, yellow aster, yellow mock aster
Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
Flora of North America, Eastwoodia Brandegee
Brandegee, Townshend Stith 1894. Zoë 4(4): Plate XXX (30) full-page line drawing of Eastwoodia elegansis
Brandegee, Townshend Stith 1894. Zoë 4(4): 397–398 description and commentary in English