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Hooker's Townsend daisy, Hooker's townsendia

Habit Perennials, 1–3 cm (± pulvinate). Biennials (perhaps flowering first year, sometimes persisting), 3–12(–15+) cm.
Stems

± erect;

internodes 0.1–1 mm, ± strigose.

decumbent to erect;

internodes 3–12(–15+) mm, piloso-strigose.

Leaves

basal and cauline, blades narrowly oblanceolate to linear, 5–25(–40+) × 1–1.5(–3) mm, fleshy, faces ± strigoso-sericeous, little, if at all.

basal and cauline, blades spatulate to linear, 10–25(–50+) × 2–3(–8+) mm, not fleshy, faces ± strigose.

Involucres

± campanulate, 8–18+ mm diam.

± hemispheric or broader, 16–20(–30) mm diam.

Ray florets

15–35;

corollas white adaxially, laminae 8–12+ mm, glabrous abaxially.

13–34+;

corollas white or pinkish adaxially, laminae (8–)10–18+ mm, abaxially usually glandular-puberulent, rarely glabrous.

Disc florets

120–180+;

corollas 4–5(–6+) mm.

(80–)100–150+;

corollas (4–)5.5–6+ mm.

Phyllaries

50–65+ in 5+ series, the longer ± lance-linear, 7–11(–13) mm (l/w = 6–9), apices attenuate, abaxial faces sparsely strigose or glabrate.

24–30+ in 3–4+ series, the longer ± lanceolate, (6–)9–11+ mm (l/w = 2.5–5), apices acute, abaxial faces strigose.

Heads

± sessile.

at tips of stems.

Cypselae

3.5–4.5 mm, faces hairy, hair tips glochidiform;

pappi persistent;

on ray cypselae ca. 30 subulate to setiform scales (1–)5–7 mm;

on disc cypselae ca. 30 subulate to setiform scales 5.5–7.5+ mm.

(3.5–)4–5+ mm, faces hairy, hair tips entire or forked;

pappi persistent;

on ray cypselae 20–30 subulate to setiform scales 2–6 mm;

on disc cypselae 20–30+ subulate to setiform scales (4–)5–7+ mm.

2n

= 18.

= 18.

Townsendia hookeri

Townsendia florifera

Phenology Flowering Mar–Jun. Flowering Apr–Jun(–Aug).
Habitat Gravelly benches, sandy slopes Gravelly flats with junipers and sagebrush
Elevation 700–1800 m (2300–5900 ft) 400–2300 m (1300–7500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AK; CO; ID; MT; ND; NE; SD; UT; WY; AB; BC; SK; YT
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from FNA
ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY
Discussion

J. H. Beaman (1957) considered plants intermediate between Townsendia florifera and T. parryi to be hybrids. Such intermediates occur in Montana (e.g., Jones in 1905 from Gallatin Co. and Suksdorf 282 from Park Co.), outside the known distribution of T. florifera.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 20, p. 200. FNA vol. 20, p. 198.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Townsendia Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Townsendia
Sibling taxa
T. annua, T. aprica, T. condensata, T. eximia, T. exscapa, T. fendleri, T. florifera, T. formosa, T. glabella, T. grandiflora, T. gypsophila, T. incana, T. jonesii, T. leptotes, T. mensana, T. microcephala, T. minima, T. montana, T. parryi, T. rothrockii, T. scapigera, T. smithii, T. spathulata, T. strigosa, T. texensis
T. annua, T. aprica, T. condensata, T. eximia, T. exscapa, T. fendleri, T. formosa, T. glabella, T. grandiflora, T. gypsophila, T. hookeri, T. incana, T. jonesii, T. leptotes, T. mensana, T. microcephala, T. minima, T. montana, T. parryi, T. rothrockii, T. scapigera, T. smithii, T. spathulata, T. strigosa, T. texensis
Synonyms T. nuttallii Erigeron florifer, T. florifera var. watsonii
Name authority Beaman: Contr. Gray Herb. 183: 95, plates 17, 20, figs. 5, 6. (1957) (Hooker) A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 16: 84. (1880)
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