Townsendia minima
Townsendia condensata
Wyoming Townsend daisy
cushion Townsend daisy, cushion townsendia, hairy townsendia
± erect;
internodes 0.1–1+ mm, ± strigose.
± erect;
internodes 0.1–1(–5+) mm, ± villous.
basal and cauline, blades ± spatulate, 5–10(–15+) × 1.5–3+ mm, ± fleshy, faces sparsely strigose or glabrate.
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, 6–10 mm diam.
± hemispheric, (12–)16–30+ mm diam.
8–21;
corollas white or pinkish adaxially, laminae 4–8 mm, abaxially usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely glandular-puberulent.
21–65+;
corollas white adaxially, laminae 8–12(–16+) mm, glandular-puberulent abaxially.
20–40+;
corollas 3–4 mm.
100–150+;
corollas 4–6+ 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.
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.
2–3.5 mm, faces hairy, hair tips entire or forked;
pappi persistent, 15–30 subulate to setiform scales 3–5 mm.
3–4.5 mm, faces hairy, hair tips entire;
pappi readily falling, of 25–30 subulate to setiform scales 5–8 mm (± connate basally).
= 27 (apomicts).
Townsendia minima
Townsendia condensata
Of conservation concern.
(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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