Townsendia spathulata

Nuttall

Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 305. 1840.

Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 196. Mentioned on page 194.

Perennials, 1–2 cm (usually ± pulvinate). Stems ± erect; internodes 0.1–1 mm, ± villous. Leaves basal and cauline, ± spatulate, 7–10 (–20) × 1.5–2 (–4) mm little, it at all, fleshy, faces ± villous or sericeous. Heads ± sessile. Involucres ± urceolate, 6–12 (–16) mm diam. Phyllaries 16–24+ in 3–4 series, the longer lanceovate to lanceolate, 6–8 (–9) mm (l/w = 4–7), apices usually acute, sometimes attenuate, abaxial faces ± villous to strigillose. Ray-florets 12–30+; corollas white to pinkish adaxially, laminae 3–12 mm, abaxially usually glandular-puberulent, sometimes glabrous. Disc-florets 16–30+; corollas 4–5+ mm. Cypselae 2.5–4 mm, faces hairy, hair tips glochidiform or forked; pappi readily falling, of 14–30 subulate to setiform scales 4.5–6+ mm (± connate basally).


Phenology: Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat: Open ridges
Elevation: 1600–2300 m

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Townsendia spathulata"
less villous +  and strigillose +
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
distinct +
attenuate;acute +
subequal +
scarious +
usually triangular +  and linear +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
spiciform +, racemiform +, paniculiform +  and corymbiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
John L. Strother +
Nuttall +
decurrent +
mostly spatulate;oblanceolate lanceolate or linear +
rugulose +  and muricate +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
not 2-lipped +  and actinomorphic +
white +  and pinkish +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
beaked +, 2-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
obovate +  and oblanceolate +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Mont. +  and Wyo. +
1600–2300 m +
hairy +, sericeous +  and villous +
scabrellous +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Open ridges +
forked +  and glochidiform +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
glabrous +  and glandular-puberulent +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
cauline +  and basal +
spatulate +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
spreading;erect +
lance-deltate +  and lance-oblong +
dentate to pinnatifid +  and entire +
lobed +, toothed +  and entire +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
Flowering May–Jun. +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
lanceovate +  and lanceolate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
pitted +  and smooth +
convex;flat +
14 +  and 30 +
subulate +  and setiform +
0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 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 +
Compositae +
Townsendia spathulata +
Townsendia +
species +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
tree +, shrub +  and subshrub +