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common Townsend daisy, common townsendia, slender townsendia

mountain townsendia, Wyoming Townsend daisy

Habit Perennials, 1–3 cm (± pulvinate). Perennials, mostly 1–2+ cm (usually ± pulvinate).
Stems

± erect;

internodes 0.1–1 mm, strigose.

± erect;

internodes 0.1–1(–2) mm, strigose.

Leaves

basal and cauline, blades spatulate to narrowly obovate, (8–)12–25(–40+) × 1–2(–3+) mm, ± fleshy, faces ± strigose to strigillose or glabrate.

basal and cauline, blades ± spatulate to oblanceolate, 10–35+ × 2–5+ mm, not fleshy, faces usually ± strigose, sometimes glabrous.

Involucres

± campanulate, 8–12(–20+) mm diam.

hemispheric to campanulate, 8–15 mm diam.

Ray florets

13–34+;

corollas usually white or pinkish, seldom blue, adaxially, laminae 5–7(–12+) mm, abaxially usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely glandular-puberulent.

13–21+;

corollas usually white, sometimes pink or blue, adaxially, laminae 6–12 mm, abaxially usually glandular-puberulent, sometimes glabrous.

Disc florets

40–80+;

corollas 4–6+ mm.

30–60+;

corollas 3.5–5.5 mm.

Phyllaries

40–50+ in 4–5+ series, the longer ± lanceolate, 7–9(–12) mm (l/w = 2.5–5), apices acute to attenuate, abaxial faces sparsely strigose or glabrous.

18–32 in 3–4+ series, the longer ± oblanceolate, 6–9 mm (l/w = 3–5), glabrate, or sparsely strigillose, apices obtuse to acute, abaxial faces glabrous.

Heads

usually ± sessile, rarely on scapiform peduncles 5–15+ mm.

usually on scapiform peduncles 5–60+ mm, sometimes sessile.

Cypselae

3+ mm, faces glabrous or sparsely hairy (hairs mostly at bases), hair tips glochidiform;

pappi persistent;

on ray cypselae ca. 25 lanceolate or subulate to setiform scales 0–1 or 5–8 mm;

on disc cypselae ca. 30 subulate to setiform scales 5–8 mm.

4.5 mm, faces glabrous or hairy at bases, hair tips glochidiform;

pappi persistent;

on ray cypselae 24–30+ subulate to setiform scales 5–6 mm;

on disc cypselae 24–30+ subulate to setiform scales 5.5–6.6 mm.

2n

= 18.

= 18, 36.

Townsendia leptotes

Townsendia montana

Phenology Flowering Jun–Jul. Flowering (May–)Jul–Aug.
Habitat Rocky ridges, sandy slopes Meadows, granite and limestone ridges
Elevation (2300–)2900–3800 m ((7500–)9500–12500 ft) 2000–3100 m (6600–10200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; CO; ID; MT; NM; NV; UT; WY
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from FNA
CO; ID; MT; OR; UT; WY
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Source FNA vol. 20, p. 203. FNA vol. 20, p. 201.
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. hookeri, T. incana, T. jonesii, 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. florifera, T. formosa, T. glabella, T. grandiflora, T. gypsophila, T. hookeri, T. incana, T. jonesii, T. leptotes, T. mensana, T. microcephala, T. minima, T. parryi, T. rothrockii, T. scapigera, T. smithii, T. spathulata, T. strigosa, T. texensis
Synonyms T. sericea var. leptotes T. alpigena, T. alpigena var. caelilinensis, T. montana var. caelilinensis
Name authority (A. Gray) Osterhout: Muhlenbergia 4: 69. (1908) M. E. Jones: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 2, 5: 697. (1895)
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