OregonFlora species comparison

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Townsendia eximia

Townsendia scapigera

tufted townsendia
Habit Plants perennial, sometimes biennial, 2–8 cm.
Stems

ascending to erect, strigose.
Leaves

oblanceolate to spatulate, 15–40 × 2–7 mm;

surfaces sparsely to moderately strigose.
Involucres

10–25 mm in diameter.
Ray florets

15–30;

rays 7–16 mm, pink to purple.
Disc florets

40–110;

corollas 3–6 mm, yellow.
Phyllaries

15–35; in 3–4 series, 9–16 mm.
Fruits

4–6 mm; hairy; ray pappi 3–6 mm;

disc pappi 5–7 mm.
Heads

sessile or on scapiform peduncles.
2n

=18.

Townsendia eximia

Townsendia scapigera
Distribution
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Discussion

Sagebrush, meadows. Flowering May–Sep. 1000–1700 m. Owy. CA, ID, NV; 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. parryi
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