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Townsendia florifer

Townsendia minima

showy townsendia
Habit Plants biennial, 2–12 cm.
Stems

decumbent to erect, strigose to hispid.

Leaves

linear to spatulate, 10–50 × 2–6 mm;

surfaces sparsely to moderately strigose.

Involucres

10–25 mm in diameter.

Ray florets

12–35;

rays 8–20 mm, white to pink.

Disc florets

100–150;

corollas 3–6 mm.

Phyllaries

25–35; in 3–4 series, 6–9(10) mm.

Fruits

3–5 mm; hairy; ray pappi 2–6 mm;

disc pappi 4–7 mm.

Heads

at tips of stems.

Townsendia florifer

Townsendia minima
Distribution
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Discussion

Sagebrush, pine forests, juniper forests. Flowering Apr–Aug. 50–1500 m. BR, BW, Col, ECas, Lava, Owy. ID, NV, WA; northeast to MT, east to WY, southeast to UT. Native.
Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 364
Stephen Meyers
Sibling taxa
T. montana, T. parryi, T. scapigera
T. florifer, T. montana, T. parryi, T. scapigera
Synonyms Townsendia florifer var. florifer, Townsendia florifer var. watsonii
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