Townsendia microcephala
Townsendia smithii
smallhead Townsend daisy
Black Rock Townsend daisy
± erect;
internodes 0.1–1 mm, ± villous.
± erect;
internodes 0.1–1 mm, ± scabrellous.
basal and cauline, ± spatulate to oblanceolate, 3–8(–18) × 1–2.5 mm (not fleshy), faces ± villous.
basal and cauline, ± spatulate to oblanceolate, 15–50(–80) × 2–6(–11) mm, little, if at all, fleshy, faces ± scabrellous.
± campanulate, 4–8 mm diam.
± hemispheric to campanulate, 10–15 mm diam.
13–17;
corollas white adaxially, laminae 5–8 mm, glabrous abaxially.
12–21;
corollas white adaxially, laminae 6–12+ mm, glabrous abaxially.
number unknown;
corollas 4 mm.
60–80+;
corollas 3.5–5 mm.
ca. 26 in 3–4 series, the longer ± lanceolate, 5–8 mm (l/w = 3–5), apices acute, abaxial faces ± strigose to villous.
14–26 in 2–3+ series, the longer lance-ovate to lanceolate, 9–11 mm (l/w = 3–5), apices attenuate, abaxial faces piloso-strigose to strigose.
± sessile.
on scapiform peduncles 30–80(–120) mm.
3–4 mm, faces glabrous or glabrate;
pappi readily falling, of 15–20 subulate to setiform scales 3–5 mm (± connate basally).
2.5–3.5 mm, faces hairy, hair tips entire;
pappi persistent, 16–20+ lanceolate to subulate scales 0.2–0.8 mm (± connate).
= 18.
Townsendia microcephala
Townsendia smithii
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.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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