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mountain townsendia, Wyoming Townsend daisy

Habit Biennials (perhaps flowering first year, sometimes persisting), 3–12(–15+) cm. Perennials, mostly 1–2+ cm (usually ± pulvinate).
Stems

decumbent to erect;

internodes 3–12(–15+) mm, piloso-strigose.

± erect;

internodes 0.1–1(–2) mm, strigose.

Leaves

basal and cauline, blades spatulate to linear, 10–25(–50+) × 2–3(–8+) mm, not fleshy, faces ± strigose.

basal and cauline, blades ± spatulate to oblanceolate, 10–35+ × 2–5+ mm, not fleshy, faces usually ± strigose, sometimes glabrous.

Involucres

± hemispheric or broader, 16–20(–30) mm diam.

hemispheric to campanulate, 8–15 mm diam.

Ray florets

13–34+;

corollas white or pinkish adaxially, laminae (8–)10–18+ mm, abaxially usually glandular-puberulent, rarely glabrous.

13–21+;

corollas usually white, sometimes pink or blue, adaxially, laminae 6–12 mm, abaxially usually glandular-puberulent, sometimes glabrous.

Disc florets

(80–)100–150+;

corollas (4–)5.5–6+ mm.

30–60+;

corollas 3.5–5.5 mm.

Phyllaries

24–30+ in 3–4+ series, the longer ± lanceolate, (6–)9–11+ mm (l/w = 2.5–5), apices acute, abaxial faces strigose.

18–32 in 3–4+ series, the longer ± oblanceolate, 6–9 mm (l/w = 3–5), glabrate, or sparsely strigillose, apices obtuse to acute, abaxial faces glabrous.

Heads

at tips of stems.

usually on scapiform peduncles 5–60+ mm, sometimes sessile.

Cypselae

(3.5–)4–5+ mm, faces hairy, hair tips entire or forked;

pappi persistent;

on ray cypselae 20–30 subulate to setiform scales 2–6 mm;

on disc cypselae 20–30+ subulate to setiform scales (4–)5–7+ mm.

4.5 mm, faces glabrous or hairy at bases, hair tips glochidiform;

pappi persistent;

on ray cypselae 24–30+ subulate to setiform scales 5–6 mm;

on disc cypselae 24–30+ subulate to setiform scales 5.5–6.6 mm.

2n

= 18.

= 18, 36.

Townsendia florifera

Townsendia montana

Phenology Flowering Apr–Jun(–Aug). Flowering (May–)Jul–Aug.
Habitat Gravelly flats with junipers and sagebrush Meadows, granite and limestone ridges
Elevation 400–2300 m (1300–7500 ft) 2000–3100 m (6600–10200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY
from FNA
CO; ID; MT; OR; UT; WY
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Discussion

J. H. Beaman (1957) considered plants intermediate between Townsendia florifera and T. parryi to be hybrids. Such intermediates occur in Montana (e.g., Jones in 1905 from Gallatin Co. and Suksdorf 282 from Park Co.), outside the known distribution of T. florifera.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 20, p. 198. FNA vol. 20, p. 201.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Townsendia Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Townsendia
Sibling taxa
T. annua, T. aprica, T. condensata, T. eximia, T. exscapa, T. fendleri, T. formosa, T. glabella, T. grandiflora, T. gypsophila, T. hookeri, T. incana, T. jonesii, T. leptotes, T. mensana, T. microcephala, T. minima, T. montana, T. parryi, T. rothrockii, T. scapigera, T. smithii, T. spathulata, T. strigosa, T. texensis
T. annua, T. aprica, T. condensata, T. eximia, T. exscapa, T. fendleri, T. florifera, T. formosa, T. glabella, T. grandiflora, T. gypsophila, T. hookeri, T. incana, T. jonesii, T. leptotes, T. mensana, T. microcephala, T. minima, T. parryi, T. rothrockii, T. scapigera, T. smithii, T. spathulata, T. strigosa, T. texensis
Synonyms Erigeron florifer, T. florifera var. watsonii T. alpigena, T. alpigena var. caelilinensis, T. montana var. caelilinensis
Name authority (Hooker) A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 16: 84. (1880) M. E. Jones: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 2, 5: 697. (1895)
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