''Eastwoodia'' is a

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n genus of plants in the family

Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...

. It contains the single species ''Eastwoodia elegans'', a flower known by the common name yellow mock aster or yellow aster. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to California. This plant is found only on the

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and hillsides of central

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, from the

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south to the Tehachapis.Calflora taxon report, ''Eastwoodia elegans'' Brandegee, yellow aster, yellow mock aster
/ref> ''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. The genus was named for the Canadian-American botanist

Alice Eastwood __NOTOC__ Alice Eastwood (January 19, 1859 – October 30, 1953) was a Canadian American botanist. She is credited with building the botanical collection at the California Academy of Sciences, in San Francisco. She published over 310 scienti ...

, 1859–1953.Brandegee, Townshend Stith 1894. Zoë 4(4): 397–398
description and commentary in English

References

External links

Calflora Database: ''Eastwoodia elegans'' (Eastwoodia, Yellow aster, Yellow mock aster)Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of ''Eastwoodia elegans''USDA Plants Profile for ''Eastwoodia elegans''UC Photos gallery of ''Eastwoodia elegans''
Astereae Endemic flora of California Natural history of the Central Valley (California) ~ Taxa named by Townshend Stith Brandegee Monotypic Asteraceae genera Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Astereae-stub