Townsendia eximia |
Townsendia parryi |
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tall Townsend daisy, tall townsendia |
Parry's Townsend daisy, Parry's townsendia |
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Habit | Biennials or perennials, 6–15(–30+) cm (sometimes rhizomatous). | Biennials or perennials, (2–)5–12(–25+) cm. |
Stems | ± erect; internodes 6–8(–25) mm, ± strigose. |
decumbent to erect; internodes (0.1–)2–12(–25+) mm, strigose. |
Leaves | basal and cauline, blades spatulate to oblanceolate, 15–60(–120+) × 2–6(–10) mm (margins strigoso-ciliate), faces usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely strigillose. |
basal and cauline, blades spatulate to oblanceolate, 15–35(–60+) × 2–5(–8+) mm, not fleshy, faces ± strigose or glabrate Heads at tips of stems (usually surpassed by leaves). |
Involucres | hemispheric or broader, (8–)12–25+ mm diam. |
± hemispheric or broader, 12–25(–35+) mm diam. |
Ray florets | 15–55+; corollas usually blue adaxially, laminae 12–20 mm, glabrous abaxially. |
21–67+; corollas usually blue or purplish, rarely white or pinkish, adaxially, laminae 7–15(–20+) mm, glabrous abaxially. |
Disc florets | (60–)100–150+; corollas (3.5–)4–5+ mm. |
150–200+; corollas 4.5–6 mm. |
Phyllaries | (30–)60–80+ in (4–)5–6+ series, the longer ± lanceolate, (7–)12–13+ mm (l/w = 3–5), apices acute to attenuate (most hard, apiculate), abaxial faces sparsely strigillose or glabrous. |
40–64 in 4–7+ series, the longer ± lanceolate to lance-linear, 10–15+ mm (l/w = 4–6), apices acute to attenuate (soft, not apiculate), abaxial faces ± strigose or glabrous. |
Heads | at tips of ± leafy stems. |
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Cypselae | 3–4+ mm, faces ± hairy, hair tips forked or glochidiform; pappi persistent; on ray cypselae each a corona 0.1–0.5 mm; on disc cypselae each of 8–12+ lanceolate scales 0.5–1 mm plus 1–2+ subulate to setiform scales 1–4 mm. |
3–4.5+ mm, hairy, hair tips forked or entire; pappi persistent, of 24–30+ subulate to setiform scales 3.5–4(–7.5) mm. |
2n | = 18. |
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Townsendia eximia |
Townsendia parryi |
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Phenology | Flowering (May–)Jul–Aug(–Oct). | Flowering May–Aug. |
Habitat | Gravelly banks, canyon walls, with junipers, pinyons, and yellow pines | Meadows, grassy slopes, gravelly benches, talus |
Elevation | (1900–)2100–2500(–3300) m ((6200–)6900–8200(–10800) ft) | 1500–3000 m (4900–9800 ft) |
Distribution |
CO; NM
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ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WY; AB; BC
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Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 197. | FNA vol. 20, p. 197. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Townsendia | Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Townsendia |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | A. Gray: Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 4: 70. (1849) | D. C. Eaton: Amer. Naturalist 8: 212. (1874) |
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