Townsendia montana

M. E. Jones

Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 2, 5: 697. 1895.

Endemic
Synonyms: Townsendia alpigena Piper Townsendia alpigena var. caelilinensis (S. L. Welsh) Kartesz & Gandhi Townsendia montana var. caelilinensis S. L. Welsh
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 201. Mentioned on page 195.

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.


Phenology: Flowering (May–)Jul–Aug.
Habitat: Meadows, granite and limestone ridges
Elevation: 2000–3100 m

Distribution

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Colo., Idaho, Mont., Oreg., Utah, Wyo.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"broader" is not a number.

... more about "Townsendia montana"
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
distinct +
obtuse;acute +
subequal +
scarious +
usually triangular +  and linear +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
spiciform +, racemiform +, paniculiform +  and corymbiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
John L. Strother +
M. E. Jones +
decurrent +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
less spatulate;oblanceolate +
not fleshy +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
rugulose +  and muricate +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
blue +, pink +  and white +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br />) +
beaked +, 2-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
obovate +  and oblanceolate +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Colo. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Oreg. +, Utah +  and Wyo. +
2000–3100 m +
hairy +, glabrous +  and strigose +
scabrellous +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Meadows, granite and limestone ridges +
glochidiform +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
hemispheric;campanulate +
glabrous +  and glandular-puberulent +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
cauline +  and basal +
spreading;erect +
lance-deltate +  and lance-oblong +
dentate to pinnatifid +  and entire +
lobed +, toothed +  and entire +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
24 +  and 30 +
scapiform +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
Flowering (May–)Jul–Aug. +
strigillose +  and glabrate +
oblanceolate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
pitted +  and smooth +
convex;flat +
24 +  and 30 +
subulate +  and setiform +
0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br /> (0.66 cm6.6 mm <br />0.0066 m <br />) +
exalbuminous +
villous +, strigose +, strigillose +, sericeous +, piloso-strigose +, piloso-hirsute +, pilose +, hispidulous +, glabrous +  and glabrate +
strigoso-scabrellous +  and scabrellous +
lance-deltate +  and attenuate +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +  and smooth +
Townsendia alpigena +, Townsendia alpigena var. caelilinensis +  and Townsendia montana var. caelilinensis +
Townsendia montana +
Townsendia +
species +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
tree +, shrub +  and subshrub +