Townsendia mensana
table Townsend daisy
± erect;
internodes 0.1–1 mm, ± pilose.
basal and cauline, blades narrowly oblanceolate to lance-linear, 5–40+ × 0.6–2.5+ mm, not fleshy, faces ± strigoso-sericeous to strigose.
± campanulate, 7–10 mm diam.
13–21+;
corollas white adaxially, laminae 4–8+ mm, glandular-puberulent abaxially.
40–60+;
corollas (3.5–)4.5–6 mm.
25–50+ in 4–5+ series, the longer narrowly lanceolate, 6–8+ mm (l/w = 5–6), apices acute, abaxial faces sparsely strigillose or glabrate.
± sessile.
3–3.5 mm, faces hairy, hair tips glochidiform;
pappi persistent;
on ray cypselae 15–35 subulate to setiform scales 0.5–1.5 or 4–5 mm;
on disc cypselae 15–35 subulate to setiform scales 4–6.5 mm.
Townsendia mensana
Of conservation concern.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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