Townsendia leptotes |
Townsendia scapigera |
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common Townsend daisy, common townsendia, slender townsendia |
ground townsendia, tuft Townsend daisy, tuft townsendia |
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Habit | Perennials, 1–3 cm (± pulvinate). | |
Stems | ± erect; internodes 0.1–1 mm, strigose. |
± erect; internodes 0.1–1 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, 15–30(–70) × 2–5(–9) mm, not fleshy, faces ± strigose. |
Involucres | ± campanulate, 8–12(–20+) mm diam. |
± campanulate, 12–20(–32) 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. |
18–35; corollas white adaxially, laminae 7–16 mm, glandular-puberulent abaxially. |
Disc florets | 40–80+; corollas 4–6+ mm. |
40–100+; 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. |
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 | usually ± sessile, rarely on scapiform peduncles 5–15+ mm. |
on scapiform peduncles 30–60(–120) mm. |
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. |
4–5.5 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. |
2n | = 18. |
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Townsendia leptotes |
Townsendia scapigera |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Jul. | Flowering May–Jul(–Aug). |
Habitat | Rocky ridges, sandy slopes | Openings in sagebrush |
Elevation | (2300–)2900–3800 m ((7500–)9500–12500 ft) | 1400–3400 m (4600–11200 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; CO; ID; MT; NM; NV; UT; WY
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CA; ID; NV; OR; UT
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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.) |
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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 |
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Synonyms | T. sericea var. leptotes | |
Name authority | (A. Gray) Osterhout: Muhlenbergia 4: 69. (1908) | D. C. Eaton: in S. Watson, Botany (Fortieth Parallel), 145, plate 17, figs. 1–7. (1871) |
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