Townsendia leptotes |
Townsendia montana |
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common Townsend daisy, common townsendia, slender townsendia |
mountain townsendia, Wyoming Townsend daisy |
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Habit | Perennials, 1–3 cm (± pulvinate). | Perennials, mostly 1–2+ cm (usually ± pulvinate). |
Stems | ± erect; internodes 0.1–1 mm, strigose. |
± erect; internodes 0.1–1(–2) 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 ± spatulate to oblanceolate, 10–35+ × 2–5+ mm, not fleshy, faces usually ± strigose, sometimes glabrous. |
Involucres | ± campanulate, 8–12(–20+) mm diam. |
hemispheric to campanulate, 8–15 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. |
13–21+; corollas usually white, sometimes pink or blue, adaxially, laminae 6–12 mm, abaxially usually glandular-puberulent, sometimes glabrous. |
Disc florets | 40–80+; corollas 4–6+ mm. |
30–60+; corollas 3.5–5.5 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. |
18–32 in 3–4+ series, the longer ± oblanceolate, 6–9 mm (l/w = 3–5), glabrate, or sparsely strigillose, apices obtuse to acute, abaxial faces glabrous. |
Heads | usually ± sessile, rarely on scapiform peduncles 5–15+ mm. |
usually on scapiform peduncles 5–60+ mm, sometimes 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. |
4.5 mm, faces glabrous or hairy at bases, hair tips glochidiform; pappi persistent; on ray cypselae 24–30+ subulate to setiform scales 5–6 mm; on disc cypselae 24–30+ subulate to setiform scales 5.5–6.6 mm. |
2n | = 18. |
= 18, 36. |
Townsendia leptotes |
Townsendia montana |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Jul. | Flowering (May–)Jul–Aug. |
Habitat | Rocky ridges, sandy slopes | Meadows, granite and limestone ridges |
Elevation | (2300–)2900–3800 m ((7500–)9500–12500 ft) | 2000–3100 m (6600–10200 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; CO; ID; MT; NM; NV; UT; WY
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CO; ID; MT; OR; UT; WY
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Source | FNA vol. 20, p. 203. | FNA vol. 20, p. 201. |
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Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | T. sericea var. leptotes | T. alpigena, T. alpigena var. caelilinensis, T. montana var. caelilinensis |
Name authority | (A. Gray) Osterhout: Muhlenbergia 4: 69. (1908) | M. E. Jones: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 2, 5: 697. (1895) |
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