Townsendia mensana |
Townsendia incana |
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table Townsend daisy |
hoary Townsend daisy, hoary townsendia, silvery townsendia |
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Habit | Perennials, 1–3 cm (± pulvinate). | Perennials, (1–)2–8(–12+) cm. |
Stems | ± erect; internodes 0.1–1 mm, ± pilose. |
decumbent to erect; internodes (0.5–)2–6(–12+) mm, usually densely piloso-hirsute, sometimes strigoso-scabrellous (surfaces usually hidden by hairs). |
Leaves | basal and cauline, blades narrowly oblanceolate to lance-linear, 5–40+ × 0.6–2.5+ mm, not fleshy, faces ± strigoso-sericeous to strigose. |
basal and cauline, blades spatulate to narrowly oblanceolate, 3–12(–40+) × 1–2(–4+) mm, not fleshy, ± strigoso-scabrellous to strigillose. |
Involucres | ± campanulate, 7–10 mm diam. |
± campanulate to hemispheric, (6–)10–15(–20) mm diam. |
Ray florets | 13–21+; corollas white adaxially, laminae 4–8+ mm, glandular-puberulent abaxially. |
(8–)13–34+; corollas white or pinkish adaxially, laminae 5–8(–12+) mm, abaxially usually glabrous, sometimes glandular-puberulent at bases. |
Disc florets | 40–60+; corollas (3.5–)4.5–6 mm. |
60–80+; corollas 4.5–6.5+ mm. |
Phyllaries | 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. |
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. |
Heads | ± sessile. |
at tips of stems (usually surpassed by leaves). |
Cypselae | 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. |
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. |
2n | = 18. |
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Townsendia mensana |
Townsendia incana |
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Phenology | Flowering May. | Flowering Apr–Jul. |
Habitat | Openings with junipers and pinyons | Sandy soils, rocky benches, shales, with pinyons and junipers |
Elevation | 1700–2700 m (5600–8900 ft) | 1100–2200 m (3600–7200 ft) |
Distribution |
UT |
AZ; CO; MT; NM; NV; UT; WY
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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. 201. | FNA vol. 20, p. 199. |
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Synonyms | T. arizonica | |
Name authority | M. E. Jones: Contr. W. Bot. 13: 15. (1910) | Nuttall: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 305. (1840) |
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