Townsendia eximia |
Townsendia |
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Habit | Herbs biennial or perennial, sometimes cushion-forming; taprooted. | |
Stems | 1–numerous, decumbent to erect, strigose to hispid. |
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Leaves | basal and cauline, linear to spatulate; surfaces glabrous to glabrate or strigose, usually petiolate. |
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Inflorescences | heads solitary; terminal or on scapiform peduncles. |
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Involucres | hemispheric or campanulate. |
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Receptacles | flat or convex; paleae 0. |
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Ray florets | pistillate; rays narrowly oblanceolate or oblong, white to pink or purple. |
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Disc florets | bisexual; corollas cylindric, usually slightly enlarged distally, yellow; lobes 5, triangular; erect; stamens included or partially exserted. |
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Phyllaries | in 3–7 series; erect to spreading, narrowly lanceolate to lance-ovate; margins narrowly membranous; surfaces glabrous to strigose; inner equal; outer gradually shorter. |
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Fruits | obovate or oblanceolate, compressed, glabrous to pubescent, pappi of lanceolate or narrow, tapering; bristle-like scales. |
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Heads | radiate. |
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Townsendia eximia |
Townsendia |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Western North America. 26–27 species; 4 species treated in Flora. |
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Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 364 Stephen Meyers |
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