Townsendia annua
annual Easter daisy, annual Townsend daisy
decumbent to erect;
internodes (1–)3–12(–18+) mm, strigose.
mostly cauline, blades spatulate to narrowly oblanceolate, 8–12(–25+) × 1–3(–5+) mm, not fleshy, faces ± strigillose.
± hemispheric, 8–12(–16) mm diam.
12–30+;
corollas white or pinkish to lavender adaxially, laminae 5–8+ mm, glabrous abaxially.
60–120+;
corollas 2.5–3.5+ mm.
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.
at tips of stems.
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.
= 18.
Townsendia annua
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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