Townsendia spathulata |
Townsendia smithii |
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sword Townsend daisy |
Black Rock Townsend daisy |
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Habit | Perennials, 1–2 cm (usually ± pulvinate). | Perennials, 3–8(–12+) cm (usually ± pulvinate). |
Stems | ± erect; internodes 0.1–1 mm, ± villous. |
± erect; internodes 0.1–1 mm, ± scabrellous. |
Leaves | basal and cauline, ± spatulate, 7–10(–20) × 1.5–2(–4) mm little, it at all, fleshy, faces ± villous or sericeous. |
basal and cauline, ± spatulate to oblanceolate, 15–50(–80) × 2–6(–11) mm, little, if at all, fleshy, faces ± scabrellous. |
Involucres | ± urceolate, 6–12(–16) mm diam. |
± hemispheric to campanulate, 10–15 mm diam. |
Ray florets | 12–30+; corollas white to pinkish adaxially, laminae 3–12 mm, abaxially usually glandular-puberulent, sometimes glabrous. |
12–21; corollas white adaxially, laminae 6–12+ mm, glabrous abaxially. |
Disc florets | 16–30+; corollas 4–5+ mm. |
60–80+; corollas 3.5–5 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. |
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. |
Heads | ± sessile. |
on scapiform peduncles 30–80(–120) mm. |
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). |
2.5–3.5 mm, faces hairy, hair tips entire; pappi persistent, 16–20+ lanceolate to subulate scales 0.2–0.8 mm (± connate). |
2n | = 18. |
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Townsendia spathulata |
Townsendia smithii |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jun. | Flowering May. |
Habitat | Open ridges | Volcanic soils, pinyon or yellow pines |
Elevation | 1600–2300 m (5200–7500 ft) | 2000–2400 m (6600–7900 ft) |
Distribution |
MT; WY
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AZ |
Discussion | Of conservation concern. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 196. | FNA vol. 20, p. 202. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Townsendia | Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Townsendia |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | Nuttall: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 305. (1840) | L. M. Shultz & A. H. Holmgren: Brittonia 32: 144, fig. 1. (1980) |
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