Townsendia eximia |
Townsendia scapigera |
|
---|---|---|
tall Townsend daisy, tall townsendia |
ground townsendia, tuft Townsend daisy, tuft townsendia |
|
Habit | Biennials or perennials, 6–15(–30+) cm (sometimes rhizomatous). | |
Stems | ± erect; internodes 6–8(–25) mm, ± strigose. |
± erect; internodes 0.1–1 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, 15–30(–70) × 2–5(–9) mm, not fleshy, faces ± strigose. |
Involucres | hemispheric or broader, (8–)12–25+ mm diam. |
± campanulate, 12–20(–32) mm diam. |
Ray florets | 15–55+; corollas usually blue adaxially, laminae 12–20 mm, glabrous abaxially. |
18–35; corollas white adaxially, laminae 7–16 mm, glandular-puberulent abaxially. |
Disc florets | (60–)100–150+; corollas (3.5–)4–5+ mm. |
40–100+; corollas 3.5–5.5 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. |
16–32+ in 3–4+ series, the longer ± lanceolate, (7–)9–13 mm (l/w = 3–5), apices acute, abaxial faces piloso-strigose to strigose. |
Heads | at tips of ± leafy stems. |
on scapiform peduncles 30–60(–120) mm. |
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. |
4–5.5 mm, faces hairy, hair tips forked or entire; pappi persistent; on ray cypselae 20–30+ subulate to setiform scales 3–6+ mm; on disc cypselae 20–30 subulate to setiform scales 5–7+ mm. |
Townsendia eximia |
Townsendia scapigera |
|
Phenology | Flowering (May–)Jul–Aug(–Oct). | Flowering May–Jul(–Aug). |
Habitat | Gravelly banks, canyon walls, with junipers, pinyons, and yellow pines | Openings in sagebrush |
Elevation | (1900–)2100–2500(–3300) m ((6200–)6900–8200(–10800) ft) | 1400–3400 m (4600–11200 ft) |
Distribution |
CO; NM
|
CA; ID; NV; OR; UT
|
Discussion | Plants that key here and have peduncles 5–15+ mm (sporting smaller heads, fewer ray florets, and smaller cypselae than are characteristic of Townsendia scapigera) may belong to T. jonesii (which see). Plants included here in T. scapigera from Sweetwater Mountains, California, with relatively large heads and high numbers of florets were identified on their labels (e.g., DeDecker 3928, RSA) as T. parryi, a species not known to occur in California. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
|
Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 197. | FNA vol. 20, p. 201. |
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: in S. Watson, Botany (Fortieth Parallel), 145, plate 17, figs. 1–7. (1871) |
Web links |