BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Doellingeria paucicapitata
Olympic mountain aster
| Scientific Name: | Doellingeria paucicapitata (Robins.) Semple, Brouillet, and G.A. Allen | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name Synonyms: |
Aster paucicapitatus
Eucephalus paucicapitatus |
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| English Name: | Olympic mountain aster | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name - Concept Reference: | Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C. | ||||||||||
| Classification Level: | Species | ||||||||||
| Species Group: | Vascular Plant | ||||||||||
| Species Code: | EUCEPAU | ||||||||||
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| Global Status: | G3G4 (Dec 2019) | ||||||||||
| Provincial Status: | S3S4 (Mar 2022) | ||||||||||
| BC List: | Yellow | ||||||||||
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| General Status Canada: | 3 - Sensitive (2010) | ||||||||||
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| Habitats: (Type / Subtype / Dependence) |
Alpine/Tundra / Alpine/Subalpine Meadow / Unknown
Alpine/Tundra / Krummholtz / Unknown Forest / Conifer Forest - Mesic (average) / Unknown Rock/Sparsely Vegetated Rock / Rock/Sparsely Vegetated Rock / Unknown Rock/Sparsely Vegetated Rock / Talus / Unknown |
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| Global Habitat Comments: | In British Columbia (on Vancouver Island), this species occurs in mesic to dry meadows and rock outcrops; in Washington, it has been reported on ridges and dry slopes. | ||||||||||
| Provincial Habitat Comments: |
Mesic meadows and rock outcrops in the montane to subalpine zones. |
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| Provincial Phenology: (1st half of month/ 2nd half of month) |
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| Elevation (m) (min / max): | Provincial: | ||||||||||
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| Pollen Vector: |
BIOTIC
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| Endemic: | N | ||||||||||
| Global Range Comment: | Eucephalus paucicapitatus occurs on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington (U.S.A.) and the subalpine region of mountains on Vancouver Island in British Columbia (Canada). | ||||||||||
| Disjunct, more common elsewhere: | N | ||||||||||
| Peripheral, major distribution elsewhere: | N | ||||||||||
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| Global Information Author: | MACBRYDE, BRUCE | ||||||||||
| Last Updated: | Jul 19, 2000 | ||||||||||
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| References and Related Literature | |||||||||||
Cronquist, A. 1955. Compositae. In C.L. Hitchcock, A. Cronquist, M. Ownbey, and J.W. Thompson (eds.). Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest. Part 5. Univ. Washington Press, Seattle. 343 pp. |
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Douglas, G.W. 1995. The Sunflower Family (Asteraceae) of British Columbia. Vol. 2. Astereae, Anthemideae, Eupatorieae and Inuleae. Royal B.C. Mus. Victoria. 393pp. |
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Douglas, G.W. 1996. Endemic Vascular Plants of British Columbia and Immediately Adjacent Regions. Can. Field-Nat. 110(3):387-391. |
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Douglas, G.W., D. Meidinger, and J. Penny. 2002. Rare Native Vascular Plants of British Columbia, 2nd ed. B.C. Conserv. Data Centre, Terrestrial Inf. Branch, Victoria. 358pp. |
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Douglas, G.W., G.B. Straley, and D. Meidinger. 1989. The vascular plants of British Columbia. Part 1. Gymnosperms and Dicotyledons (Asteraceae through Cucurbitaceae). Crown Publications Incorporated. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. 208 pp. |
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Douglas, G.W., G.D. Straley, and D. Meidinger, eds. 1998b. Illustrated Flora of British Columbia, Vol. 1, Gymnosperms and Dicotyledons (Aceraceae through Asteraceae). B.C. Minist. Environ., Lands and Parks, Wildl. Branch, and B.C. Minist. For. Res. Program. 436pp. |
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Ferris, R.S. 1960. Illustrated flora of the Pacific states: Washington, Oregon, and California. Vol. IV. Bignoniaceae to Compositae. Stanford Univ. Press, Stanford, CA. 732 pp. |
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Please visit the website Conservation Status Ranks for definitions of the data fields used in this summary report.
Suggested Citation:
B.C. Conservation Data Centre. 2000. Species Summary: Doellingeria paucicapitata. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 5, 2026).