Townsendia jonesii |
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Jones' Townsend daisy, Jones' townsendia |
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Habit | Perennials, 1–2(–4) cm (usually ± pulvinate). |
Stems | ± erect; internodes 0.1–1 mm, ± scabrellous to strigose. |
Leaves | basal and cauline, blades ± spatulate to oblanceolate, 7–15(–35+) × 1–2(–4+) mm, not fleshy, faces ± scabrellous to strigose. |
Involucres | ± campanulate, 8–14 mm diam. |
Ray florets | 13–21; corollas white adaxially, laminae 5–7+ mm, ± densely glandular-puberulent abaxially. |
Disc florets | 40–80+; corollas 4.5–5+ mm. |
Phyllaries | 20–28 in 3–4+ series, the longer ± lanceolate, 4–8 mm (l/w = 2.5–5), sometimes glabrate, apices acute, abaxial faces usually sparsely strigillose. |
Heads | usually ± sessile, sometimes on scapiform peduncles 5–15+ mm. |
Cypselae | 2–3(–4+) mm, faces hairy, hair tips glochidiform or forked; pappi persistent; on ray cypselae 20–24 subulate to setiform scales 3–4+ mm; on disc cypselae 20–24 subulate to setiform scales 4–6(–8) mm. |
Townsendia jonesii |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jun. |
Habitat | Rocky slopes, limestone slopes with pinyons |
Elevation | 2100–3000 m (6900–9800 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; NV; UT
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Discussion | The current circumscription of Townsendia jonesii is, perhaps, too lumpy. Some lumps might be better treated as distinct species and/or included within the circum-scription of T. scapigera. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 202. |
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Synonyms | T. mensana var. jonesii |
Name authority | (Beaman) Reveal: Great Basin Naturalist 30: 35. (1970) |
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