Townsendia incana |
Townsendia florifera |
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hoary Townsend daisy, hoary townsendia, silvery townsendia |
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Habit | Perennials, (1–)2–8(–12+) cm. | Biennials (perhaps flowering first year, sometimes persisting), 3–12(–15+) cm. |
Stems | decumbent to erect; internodes (0.5–)2–6(–12+) mm, usually densely piloso-hirsute, sometimes strigoso-scabrellous (surfaces usually hidden by hairs). |
decumbent to erect; internodes 3–12(–15+) mm, piloso-strigose. |
Leaves | basal and cauline, blades spatulate to narrowly oblanceolate, 3–12(–40+) × 1–2(–4+) mm, not fleshy, ± strigoso-scabrellous to strigillose. |
basal and cauline, blades spatulate to linear, 10–25(–50+) × 2–3(–8+) mm, not fleshy, faces ± strigose. |
Involucres | ± campanulate to hemispheric, (6–)10–15(–20) mm diam. |
± hemispheric or broader, 16–20(–30) mm diam. |
Ray florets | (8–)13–34+; corollas white or pinkish adaxially, laminae 5–8(–12+) mm, abaxially usually glabrous, sometimes glandular-puberulent at bases. |
13–34+; corollas white or pinkish adaxially, laminae (8–)10–18+ mm, abaxially usually glandular-puberulent, rarely glabrous. |
Disc florets | 60–80+; corollas 4.5–6.5+ mm. |
(80–)100–150+; corollas (4–)5.5–6+ mm. |
Phyllaries | 16–28+ in 3–4+ series, the longer ± lance-ovate to lanceolate, (6–)8–9(–12+) mm (l/w = 2.5–5), apices acute, abaxial faces strigose. |
24–30+ in 3–4+ series, the longer ± lanceolate, (6–)9–11+ mm (l/w = 2.5–5), apices acute, abaxial faces strigose. |
Heads | at tips of stems (usually surpassed by leaves). |
at tips of stems. |
Cypselae | 3.5–4.5+ mm, faces hairy, hair tips glochidiform; pappi persistent; on ray cypselae 15–30 lanceolate or subulate to setiform scales 0.3–0.6 or 4–6+ mm; on disc cypselae 15–30+ subulate to setiform scales 4–6+ 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. |
2n | = 18. |
= 18. |
Townsendia incana |
Townsendia florifera |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jul. | Flowering Apr–Jun(–Aug). |
Habitat | Sandy soils, rocky benches, shales, with pinyons and junipers | Gravelly flats with junipers and sagebrush |
Elevation | 1100–2200 m (3600–7200 ft) | 400–2300 m (1300–7500 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CO; MT; NM; NV; UT; WY
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ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY |
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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 199. | FNA vol. 20, p. 198. |
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Synonyms | T. arizonica | Erigeron florifer, T. florifera var. watsonii |
Name authority | Nuttall: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 305. (1840) | (Hooker) A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 16: 84. (1880) |
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