Townsendia florifera
Townsendia scapigera
ground townsendia, tuft Townsend daisy, tuft townsendia
decumbent to erect;
internodes 3–12(–15+) mm, piloso-strigose.
± erect;
internodes 0.1–1 mm, ± strigose.
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, 15–30(–70) × 2–5(–9) mm, not fleshy, faces ± strigose.
± hemispheric or broader, 16–20(–30) mm diam.
± campanulate, 12–20(–32) mm diam.
13–34+;
corollas white or pinkish adaxially, laminae (8–)10–18+ mm, abaxially usually glandular-puberulent, rarely glabrous.
18–35;
corollas white adaxially, laminae 7–16 mm, glandular-puberulent abaxially.
(80–)100–150+;
corollas (4–)5.5–6+ mm.
40–100+;
corollas 3.5–5.5 mm.
24–30+ in 3–4+ series, the longer ± lanceolate, (6–)9–11+ mm (l/w = 2.5–5), apices acute, abaxial faces strigose.
16–32+ in 3–4+ series, the longer ± lanceolate, (7–)9–13 mm (l/w = 3–5), apices acute, abaxial faces piloso-strigose to strigose.
at tips of stems.
on scapiform peduncles 30–60(–120) mm.
(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.
4–5.5 mm, faces hairy, hair tips forked or entire;
pappi persistent;
on ray cypselae 20–30+ subulate to setiform scales 3–6+ mm;
on disc cypselae 20–30 subulate to setiform scales 5–7+ mm.
= 18.
Townsendia florifera
Townsendia scapigera
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.)
Plants that key here and have peduncles 5–15+ mm (sporting smaller heads, fewer ray florets, and smaller cypselae than are characteristic of Townsendia scapigera) may belong to T. jonesii (which see). Plants included here in T. scapigera from Sweetwater Mountains, California, with relatively large heads and high numbers of florets were identified on their labels (e.g., DeDecker 3928, RSA) as T. parryi, a species not known to occur in California.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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