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Townsendia eximia

Townsendia montana

mountain townsendia
Habit Plants perennial, 1–3 cm.
Stems

erect, strigose.
Leaves

oblanceolate to spatulate, 10–35 × 2–5 mm;

surfaces strigose, rarely glabrous.
Involucres

8–15 mm in diameter.
Ray florets

12–25;

rays 6–15 mm, white to lavender.
Disc florets

30–70;

corollas 3–6 mm.
Phyllaries

15–35; in 3–4 series, 6–9 mm.
Fruits

3–5 mm, glabrous to hairy; ray pappi 5–6 mm;

disc pappi 5–7 mm.
Heads

sessile or on scapiform peduncles.
2n

=18, 36.

Townsendia eximia

Townsendia montana
Distribution
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Discussion

Alpine meadows, cliffs, rocky ridges and slopes. Flowering Jul–Aug. 2100–3000 m. BW. ID; northeast to MT, east to WY, southeast to CO. Native.
Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 364
Stephen Meyers
Sibling taxa
T. florifer, T. montana, T. parryi, T. scapigera
T. florifer, T. parryi, T. scapigera
Synonyms Townsendia montana var. montana
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