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common Townsend daisy, common townsendia, slender townsendia

Hooker's Townsend daisy, Hooker's townsendia

Habit Perennials, 1–3 cm (± pulvinate). Perennials, 1–3 cm (± pulvinate).
Stems

± erect;

internodes 0.1–1 mm, strigose.

± erect;

internodes 0.1–1 mm, ± strigose.

Leaves

basal and cauline, blades spatulate to narrowly obovate, (8–)12–25(–40+) × 1–2(–3+) mm, ± fleshy, faces ± strigose to strigillose or glabrate.

basal and cauline, blades narrowly oblanceolate to linear, 5–25(–40+) × 1–1.5(–3) mm, fleshy, faces ± strigoso-sericeous, little, if at all.

Involucres

± campanulate, 8–12(–20+) mm diam.

± campanulate, 8–18+ mm diam.

Ray florets

13–34+;

corollas usually white or pinkish, seldom blue, adaxially, laminae 5–7(–12+) mm, abaxially usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely glandular-puberulent.

15–35;

corollas white adaxially, laminae 8–12+ mm, glabrous abaxially.

Disc florets

40–80+;

corollas 4–6+ mm.

120–180+;

corollas 4–5(–6+) mm.

Phyllaries

40–50+ in 4–5+ series, the longer ± lanceolate, 7–9(–12) mm (l/w = 2.5–5), apices acute to attenuate, abaxial faces sparsely strigose or glabrous.

50–65+ in 5+ series, the longer ± lance-linear, 7–11(–13) mm (l/w = 6–9), apices attenuate, abaxial faces sparsely strigose or glabrate.

Heads

usually ± sessile, rarely on scapiform peduncles 5–15+ mm.

± sessile.

Cypselae

3+ mm, faces glabrous or sparsely hairy (hairs mostly at bases), hair tips glochidiform;

pappi persistent;

on ray cypselae ca. 25 lanceolate or subulate to setiform scales 0–1 or 5–8 mm;

on disc cypselae ca. 30 subulate to setiform scales 5–8 mm.

3.5–4.5 mm, faces hairy, hair tips glochidiform;

pappi persistent;

on ray cypselae ca. 30 subulate to setiform scales (1–)5–7 mm;

on disc cypselae ca. 30 subulate to setiform scales 5.5–7.5+ mm.

2n

= 18.

= 18.

Townsendia leptotes

Townsendia hookeri

Phenology Flowering Jun–Jul. Flowering Mar–Jun.
Habitat Rocky ridges, sandy slopes Gravelly benches, sandy slopes
Elevation (2300–)2900–3800 m ((7500–)9500–12500 ft) 700–1800 m (2300–5900 ft)
Distribution
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CA; CO; ID; MT; NM; NV; UT; WY
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AK; CO; ID; MT; ND; NE; SD; UT; WY; AB; BC; SK; YT
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Source FNA vol. 20, p. 203. FNA vol. 20, p. 200.
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. florifera, T. formosa, T. glabella, T. grandiflora, T. gypsophila, T. hookeri, T. incana, T. jonesii, 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. 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
Synonyms T. sericea var. leptotes T. nuttallii
Name authority (A. Gray) Osterhout: Muhlenbergia 4: 69. (1908) Beaman: Contr. Gray Herb. 183: 95, plates 17, 20, figs. 5, 6. (1957)
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