Townsendia minima
Townsendia aprica
Wyoming Townsend daisy
last chance Townsend daisy
± erect;
internodes 0.1–1+ mm, ± strigose.
± erect;
internodes 0.1–1 mm, ± strigose.
basal and cauline, blades ± spatulate, 5–10(–15+) × 1.5–3+ mm, ± fleshy, faces sparsely strigose or glabrate.
basal and cauline, blades ± spatulate, 5–8(–16+) × 1.5–2.5+ mm, little, if at all, fleshy, faces ± strigose.
± campanulate, 6–10 mm diam.
± campanulate, 4–8+ mm diam.
8–21;
corollas white or pinkish adaxially, laminae 4–8 mm, abaxially usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely glandular-puberulent.
13–21;
corollas yellow adaxially, laminae 4–6+ mm, glandular-puberulent abaxially.
20–40+;
corollas 3–4 mm.
25–60+;
corollas 4–5+ mm.
20–28 in 3–4+ series, the longer ± lanceolate, 5–7 mm (l/w = 2.5–5), sometimes glabrate, apices obtuse to acute, abaxial faces usually ± strigillose.
24–40+ in 4+ series, the longer ± lanceolate, 4–7 mm (l/w = 2.5–5), sometimes glabrate, apices acute to attenuate, abaxial faces usually sparsely strigillose or glandular-puberulent.
± sessile.
± sessile.
2–3.5 mm, faces hairy, hair tips entire or forked;
pappi persistent, 15–30 subulate to setiform scales 3–5 mm.
2–2.5 mm, faces hairy, hair tips glochidiform;
pappi persistent;
on ray cypselae 10–12 lanceolate to subulate scales 0.5–1+ mm;
on disc cypselae 20+ subulate to setiform scales 4–5+ mm.
= 27 (apomicts).
= 18.
Townsendia minima
Townsendia aprica
Of conservation concern.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Of conservation concern.
Townsendia aprica is questionably distinct from T. jonesii. Townsendia aprica is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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