Townsendia microcephala
Townsendia glabella
smallhead Townsend daisy
Gray's Townsend daisy
± erect;
internodes 0.1–1 mm, ± villous.
± erect;
internodes 0.1–1 mm, strigose.
basal and cauline, ± spatulate to oblanceolate, 3–8(–18) × 1–2.5 mm (not fleshy), faces ± villous.
basal and cauline, blades spatulate to oblanceolate, 20–60+ × 2–5(–11+) mm, little, if at all, fleshy (margins strigoso-ciliate), usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely strigillose.
± campanulate, 4–8 mm diam.
hemispheric or broader, 8–12(–24) mm diam.
13–17;
corollas white adaxially, laminae 5–8 mm, glabrous abaxially.
12–34+;
corollas usually white, sometimes pink or blue adaxially, laminae 5–10(–14+) mm, glabrous abaxially.
number unknown;
corollas 4 mm.
50–80+;
corollas 3.5–5.5 mm.
ca. 26 in 3–4 series, the longer ± lanceolate, 5–8 mm (l/w = 3–5), apices acute, abaxial faces ± strigose to villous.
20–28+ in 3–4+ series, the longer ± lanceolate, 5–9 mm (l/w = 3–5), apices acute, abaxial faces glabrous or sparsely strigillose.
± sessile.
usually on scapiform peduncles 10–20(–70) mm, rarely sessile.
3–4 mm, faces glabrous or glabrate;
pappi readily falling, of 15–20 subulate to setiform scales 3–5 mm (± connate basally).
2–4 mm, faces sparsely hairy (mostly at bases), hair tips glochidiform;
pappi persistent;
on ray cypselae ± 20 lanceolate to subulate scales 0.5–1.8 mm;
on disc cypselae 15–35 subulate to setiform scales (4–)5–7 mm.
= 18.
Townsendia microcephala
Townsendia glabella
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.)
Of conservation concern.
Distinctions between Townsendia glabella and T. rothrockii are subtle. Types of the two names are probably better considered to be conspecific.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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