Eastwoodia is a North American genus of plants in the family Asteraceae. It contains the single species Eastwoodia elegans, a flower known by the common name yellow mock aster or yellow aster. 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.Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution mapCalflora taxon report, Eastwoodia elegans Brandegee, yellow aster, yellow mock aster
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.Flora of North America, Eastwoodia BrandegeeBrandegee, Townshend Stith 1894. Zoë 4(4): Plate XXX (30) full-page line drawing of Eastwoodia elegansis
The genus was named for the Canadian-American botanist Alice Eastwood, 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