Townsendia incana |
Townsendia minima |
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hoary Townsend daisy, hoary townsendia, silvery townsendia |
Wyoming Townsend daisy |
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Habit | Perennials, (1–)2–8(–12+) cm. | Perennials, 1–2+ cm (± pulvinate). |
Stems | decumbent to erect; internodes (0.5–)2–6(–12+) mm, usually densely piloso-hirsute, sometimes strigoso-scabrellous (surfaces usually hidden by hairs). |
± erect; internodes 0.1–1+ mm, ± 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, 5–10(–15+) × 1.5–3+ mm, ± fleshy, faces sparsely strigose or glabrate. |
Involucres | ± campanulate to hemispheric, (6–)10–15(–20) mm diam. |
± campanulate, 6–10 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. |
8–21; corollas white or pinkish adaxially, laminae 4–8 mm, abaxially usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely glandular-puberulent. |
Disc florets | 60–80+; corollas 4.5–6.5+ mm. |
20–40+; corollas 3–4 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. |
20–28 in 3–4+ series, the longer ± lanceolate, 5–7 mm (l/w = 2.5–5), sometimes glabrate, apices obtuse to acute, abaxial faces usually ± strigillose. |
Heads | at tips of stems (usually surpassed by leaves). |
± sessile. |
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. |
2–3.5 mm, faces hairy, hair tips entire or forked; pappi persistent, 15–30 subulate to setiform scales 3–5 mm. |
2n | = 18. |
= 27 (apomicts). |
Townsendia incana |
Townsendia minima |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jul. | Flowering Apr–Jun. |
Habitat | Sandy soils, rocky benches, shales, with pinyons and junipers | Rocky slopes, talus |
Elevation | 1100–2200 m (3600–7200 ft) | 1800–3100 m (5900–10200 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CO; MT; NM; NV; UT; WY
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UT
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Discussion | Of conservation concern. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 199. | FNA vol. 20, p. 202. |
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Synonyms | T. arizonica | T. alpigena var. minima |
Name authority | Nuttall: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 305. (1840) | Eastwood: Leafl. W. Bot. 1: 206. (1936) |
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