Townsendia hookeri Beaman

Hooker's townsend daisy (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Townsendia

Characteristics

Perennials, 1–3 cm (± pulvinate). Stems ± erect; internodes 0.1–1 mm, ± strigose. Leaves basal and cauline, blades narrowly oblanceolate to linear, 5–25(–40+) × 1–1.5(–3) mm, fleshy, faces ± strigoso-sericeous, little, if at all. Heads ± sessile. Involucres ± campanulate, 8–18+ mm diam. Phyllaries 50–65+ in 5+ series, the longer ± lance-linear, 7–11(–13) mm (l/w = 6–9), apices attenuate, abaxial faces sparsely strigose or glabrate. Ray florets 15–35; corollas white adaxially, laminae 8–12+ mm, glabrous abaxially. Disc florets 120–180+; corollas 4–5(–6+) mm. Cypselae 3.5–4.5 mm, faces hairy, hair tips glochidiform; pappi persistent; on ray cypselae ca. 30 subulate to setiform scales (1–)5–7 mm; on disc cypselae ca. 30 subulate to setiform scales 5.5–7.5+ mm. 2n = 18.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity -
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Soil acidity 2-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-9

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 15
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Images

Townsendia hookeri unspecified picture

Distribution

Townsendia hookeri world distribution map, present in Canada and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:255701-2
WFO ID wfo-0000061730
COL ID 57L85
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Townsendia hookeri Townsendia nuttallii