Townsendia spathulata |
Townsendia annua |
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sword Townsend daisy |
annual Easter daisy, annual Townsend daisy |
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Habit | Perennials, 1–2 cm (usually ± pulvinate). | Annuals, 3–12(–16+) cm. |
Stems | ± erect; internodes 0.1–1 mm, ± villous. |
decumbent to erect; internodes (1–)3–12(–18+) mm, strigose. |
Leaves | basal and cauline, ± spatulate, 7–10(–20) × 1.5–2(–4) mm little, it at all, fleshy, faces ± villous or sericeous. |
mostly cauline, blades spatulate to narrowly oblanceolate, 8–12(–25+) × 1–3(–5+) mm, not fleshy, faces ± strigillose. |
Involucres | ± urceolate, 6–12(–16) mm diam. |
± hemispheric, 8–12(–16) mm diam. |
Ray florets | 12–30+; corollas white to pinkish adaxially, laminae 3–12 mm, abaxially usually glandular-puberulent, sometimes glabrous. |
12–30+; corollas white or pinkish to lavender adaxially, laminae 5–8+ mm, glabrous abaxially. |
Disc florets | 16–30+; corollas 4–5+ mm. |
60–120+; corollas 2.5–3.5+ mm. |
Phyllaries | 16–24+ in 3–4 series, the longer lance-ovate to lanceolate, 6–8(–9) mm (l/w = 4–7), apices usually acute, sometimes attenuate, abaxial faces ± villous to strigillose. |
26–30+ in 3+ series, the longer ± lance-ovate to oblanceolate, 5–6+ mm (l/w = 2.5–5), apices acute, abaxial faces strigillose to glabrate. |
Heads | ± sessile. |
at tips of stems. |
Cypselae | 2.5–4 mm, faces hairy, hair tips glochidiform or forked; pappi readily falling, of 14–30 subulate to setiform scales 4.5–6+ mm (± connate basally). |
2–3 mm, faces hairy, hair tips glochidiform; pappi persistent; on ray cypselae ± 10 lanceolate scales 0.2–0.5(–1) mm; on disc cypselae 20+ subulate scales 1–2.5(–4) mm. |
2n | = 18. |
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Townsendia spathulata |
Townsendia annua |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jun. | Flowering Apr–Jun(–Oct). |
Habitat | Open ridges | Sandy soils, alkaline flats, red clays |
Elevation | 1600–2300 m (5200–7500 ft) | 1200–2100 m (3900–6900 ft) |
Distribution |
MT; WY
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AZ; CO; NM; TX; UT; WY
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Discussion | The type of Townsendia annua may prove to be conspecific with that of T. strigosa. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 196. | FNA vol. 20, p. 198. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Townsendia | Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Townsendia |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | Nuttall: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 305. (1840) | Beaman: Contr. Gray Herb. 183: 132, plate 22, fig. 4. (1957) |
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