Townsendia glabella
Townsendia smithii
Gray's Townsend daisy
Black Rock Townsend daisy
± erect;
internodes 0.1–1 mm, strigose.
± erect;
internodes 0.1–1 mm, ± scabrellous.
basal and cauline, blades spatulate to oblanceolate, 20–60+ × 2–5(–11+) mm, little, if at all, fleshy (margins strigoso-ciliate), usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely strigillose.
basal and cauline, ± spatulate to oblanceolate, 15–50(–80) × 2–6(–11) mm, little, if at all, fleshy, faces ± scabrellous.
hemispheric or broader, 8–12(–24) mm diam.
± hemispheric to campanulate, 10–15 mm diam.
12–34+;
corollas usually white, sometimes pink or blue adaxially, laminae 5–10(–14+) mm, glabrous abaxially.
12–21;
corollas white adaxially, laminae 6–12+ mm, glabrous abaxially.
50–80+;
corollas 3.5–5.5 mm.
60–80+;
corollas 3.5–5 mm.
20–28+ in 3–4+ series, the longer ± lanceolate, 5–9 mm (l/w = 3–5), apices acute, abaxial faces glabrous or sparsely strigillose.
14–26 in 2–3+ series, the longer lance-ovate to lanceolate, 9–11 mm (l/w = 3–5), apices attenuate, abaxial faces piloso-strigose to strigose.
usually on scapiform peduncles 10–20(–70) mm, rarely sessile.
on scapiform peduncles 30–80(–120) mm.
2–4 mm, faces sparsely hairy (mostly at bases), hair tips glochidiform;
pappi persistent;
on ray cypselae ± 20 lanceolate to subulate scales 0.5–1.8 mm;
on disc cypselae 15–35 subulate to setiform scales (4–)5–7 mm.
2.5–3.5 mm, faces hairy, hair tips entire;
pappi persistent, 16–20+ lanceolate to subulate scales 0.2–0.8 mm (± connate).
= 18.
= 18.
Townsendia glabella
Townsendia smithii
Of conservation concern.
Distinctions between Townsendia glabella and T. rothrockii are subtle. Types of the two names are probably better considered to be conspecific.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Of conservation concern.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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