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Townsendia florifer

Townsendia minima

showy Townsend-daisy, showy townsendia
Habit Annual, biennial or perennial from a persistent base, the several stems lax and often branched, 5-15 cm. long.
Leaves

Basal leaves tufted and persistent, spatulate or spatulate-obovate, 2-6 cm. long and 3-11 mm. wide, the cauline similar or reduced.

Flowers

Heads solitary on each stem, or several on robust plants;

involucre 7-10 mm. high, the bracts somewhat imbricate, narrow, pointed, with a green central stripe and fringed margins;

rays pistillate and fertile, light pink to nearly white, 7-12 mm. long;

disk flowers perfect, numerous, yellow;

pappus of the disk flowers a single series of numerous, rigid, narrow, barbellate, bristle-like scales, that of the ray flowers similar but reduced.

Fruits

Achenes flattened, 2-nerved, with loose, short hairs.

Townsendia florifer

Townsendia minima
Flowering time May-July
Habitat Dry-open places in the plains and foothills, often with sagebrush.
Distribution
Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Washington to Oregon and Nevada, east to Montana, Wyoming, and Utah.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
T. florifer
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