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Parry's townsendia

Habit Plants biennial or perennial, 2–8 cm.
Stems

decumbent to erect, strigose.

Leaves

oblanceolate to spatulate, 15–35 × 2–5 mm;

surfaces glabrate to strigose.

Involucres

10–30 mm in diameter.

Ray florets

20–60;

rays 7–17 mm, purple or bluish purple, rarely white or pink.

Disc florets

150–200;

corollas 4–6 mm.

Phyllaries

40–65; in 4–7 series, 10–16 mm.

Fruits

3–5 mm; hairy; ray pappi 3–6 mm;

disc pappi 3–6 mm.

Heads

at tips of stems or on scapiform peduncles.

2n

=18.

Townsendia eximia

Townsendia parryi

Distribution
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Discussion

Meadows, rocky areas, talus. Flowering May–Aug. 1500–2700 m. BW. ID; north to British Columba, northeast to Alberta, east to WY, southeast to UT. Native.

Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 364
Stephen Meyers
Sibling taxa
T. florifer, T. montana, T. parryi, T. scapigera
T. florifer, T. montana, T. scapigera
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