Townsendia annua
Townsendia aprica
annual Easter daisy, annual Townsend daisy
last chance Townsend daisy
decumbent to erect;
internodes (1–)3–12(–18+) mm, strigose.
± erect;
internodes 0.1–1 mm, ± strigose.
mostly cauline, blades spatulate to narrowly oblanceolate, 8–12(–25+) × 1–3(–5+) mm, not fleshy, faces ± strigillose.
basal and cauline, blades ± spatulate, 5–8(–16+) × 1.5–2.5+ mm, little, if at all, fleshy, faces ± strigose.
± hemispheric, 8–12(–16) mm diam.
± campanulate, 4–8+ mm diam.
12–30+;
corollas white or pinkish to lavender adaxially, laminae 5–8+ mm, glabrous abaxially.
13–21;
corollas yellow adaxially, laminae 4–6+ mm, glandular-puberulent abaxially.
60–120+;
corollas 2.5–3.5+ mm.
25–60+;
corollas 4–5+ 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.
24–40+ in 4+ series, the longer ± lanceolate, 4–7 mm (l/w = 2.5–5), sometimes glabrate, apices acute to attenuate, abaxial faces usually sparsely strigillose or glandular-puberulent.
at tips of stems.
± sessile.
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.
2–2.5 mm, faces hairy, hair tips glochidiform;
pappi persistent;
on ray cypselae 10–12 lanceolate to subulate scales 0.5–1+ mm;
on disc cypselae 20+ subulate to setiform scales 4–5+ mm.
= 18.
= 18.
Townsendia annua
Townsendia aprica
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.)
Of conservation concern.
Townsendia aprica is questionably distinct from T. jonesii. Townsendia aprica is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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