Townsendia montana M.E.Jones

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Townsendia

Characteristics

Perennials, mostly 1–2+ cm (usually ± pulvinate). Stems ± erect; internodes 0.1–1(–2) mm, strigose. Leaves basal and cauline, blades ± spatulate to oblanceolate, 10–35+ × 2–5+ mm, not fleshy, faces usually ± strigose, sometimes glabrous. Heads usually on scapiform peduncles 5–60+ mm, sometimes sessile. Involucres hemispheric to campanulate, 8–15 mm diam. Phyllaries 18–32 in 3–4+ series, the longer ± oblanceolate, 6–9 mm (l/w = 3–5), glabrate, or sparsely strigillose, apices obtuse to acute, abaxial faces glabrous. Ray florets 13–21+; corollas usually white, sometimes pink or blue, adaxially, laminae 6–12 mm, abaxially usually glandular-puberulent, sometimes glabrous. Disc florets 30–60+; corollas 3.5–5.5 mm. Cypselae 4.5 mm, faces glabrous or hairy at bases, hair tips glochidiform; pappi persistent; on ray cypselae 24–30+ subulate to setiform scales 5–6 mm; on disc cypselae 24–30+ subulate to setiform scales 5.5–6.6 mm. 2n = 18, 36.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 15
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Distribution

Townsendia montana world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:255712-2
WFO ID wfo-0000117353
COL ID 57L8F
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Synonyms

Townsendia alpigena Townsendia montana Townsendia alpigena var. alpigena Townsendia alpigena var. caelilinensis Townsendia montana var. montana Townsendia montana var. caelilinensis