Townsendia microcephala
Townsendia condensata
smallhead Townsend daisy
cushion Townsend daisy, cushion townsendia, hairy townsendia
± erect;
internodes 0.1–1 mm, ± villous.
± erect;
internodes 0.1–1(–5+) mm, ± villous.
basal and cauline, ± spatulate to oblanceolate, 3–8(–18) × 1–2.5 mm (not fleshy), faces ± villous.
basal and cauline, ± spatulate, 6–12(–15+) × 1–3+ mm, little, if at all, fleshy or notably thickened, faces of earliest leaves glabrous or glabrate, of later leaves ± villous to pilosulous.
± campanulate, 4–8 mm diam.
± hemispheric, (12–)16–30+ mm diam.
13–17;
corollas white adaxially, laminae 5–8 mm, glabrous abaxially.
21–65+;
corollas white adaxially, laminae 8–12(–16+) mm, glandular-puberulent abaxially.
number unknown;
corollas 4 mm.
100–150+;
corollas 4–6+ mm.
ca. 26 in 3–4 series, the longer ± lanceolate, 5–8 mm (l/w = 3–5), apices acute, abaxial faces ± strigose to villous.
45–60+ in 5+ series, the longer narrowly lanceolate to subulate, 9–11 mm (l/w = 7–9), apices attenuate, abaxial faces ± pilose.
± sessile.
± sessile or at ends of leafy stems.
3–4 mm, faces glabrous or glabrate;
pappi readily falling, of 15–20 subulate to setiform scales 3–5 mm (± connate basally).
3–4.5 mm, faces hairy, hair tips entire;
pappi readily falling, of 25–30 subulate to setiform scales 5–8 mm (± connate basally).
Townsendia microcephala
Townsendia condensata
Of conservation concern.
The type of Townsendia microcephala may prove to be conspecific with that of T. spathulata.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
The name Townsendia condensata has been attributed to Parry ex D. C. Eaton or to D. C. Eaton. In February 1874 (Amer. Naturalist 8: 106), Parry used T. condensata provisionally and provided a diagnosis. In April that year, he used it as an accepted name and “validated” it by reference to his earlier diagnosis.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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