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|accepted_name=Townsendia mensana
|accepted_authority=M. E. Jones
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Contr. W. Bot.
|place=13: 15. 1910
|year=1910
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=C
|label=Conservation concern
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Astereae;Townsendia;Townsendia mensana
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Astereae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Townsendia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Townsendia mensana]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 20
|mention_page=page 195
|treatment_page=page 201
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole-organism some measurement;whole-organism duration"><b>Perennials,</b> 1–3 cm (± pulvinate).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation"><b>Stems </b>± erect;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="internode some measurement;internode pubescence">internodes 0.1–1 mm, ± pilose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf position;leaf position;blade shape;blade length;blade width;blade texture;face pubescence"><b>Leaves </b>basal and cauline, blades narrowly oblanceolate to lance-linear, 5–40+ × 0.6–2.5+ mm, not fleshy, faces ± strigoso-sericeous to strigose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="head architecture"><b>Heads </b>± sessile.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="involucre shape;involucre diameter"><b>Involucres </b>± campanulate, 7–10 mm diam.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="phyllarie quantity;phyllarie length or size;phyllarie shape;phyllarie some measurement;series quantity;apex shape;abaxial face pubescence;abaxial face pubescence"><b>Phyllaries </b>25–50+ in 4–5+ series, the longer narrowly lanceolate, 6–8+ mm (l/w = 5–6), apices acute, abaxial faces sparsely strigillose or glabrate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="ray-floret quantity"><b>Ray-</b>florets 13–21+;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="corolla coloration;lamina some measurement;lamina pubescence">corollas white adaxially, laminae 4–8+ mm, glandular-puberulent abaxially.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="disc-floret quantity"><b>Disc-</b>florets 40–60+;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="corolla atypical some measurement;corolla some measurement">corollas (3.5–) 4.5–6 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="cypsela some measurement;face pubescence;hair tip shape"><b>Cypselae </b>3–3.5 mm, faces hairy, hair tips glochidiform;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="">pappi persistent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="pappus duration;pappus quantity">on ray cypselae 15–35 subulate to setiform scales 0.5–1.5 or 4–5 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="scale shape;scale quantity;scale quantity;scale quantity;scale shape;scale some measurement">on disc cypselae 15–35 subulate to setiform scales 4–6.5 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May.
|habitat=Openings with junipers and pinyons
|elevation=1700–2700 m
|distribution=Utah.
|discussion=<p>Of conservation concern.</p>
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|references=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Townsendia mensana
|authority=M. E. Jones
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering May.
|habitat=Openings with junipers and pinyons
|elevation=1700–2700 m
|distribution=Utah.
|reference=None
|publication title=Contr. W. Bot.
|publication year=1910
|special status=Endemic;Conservation concern
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Astereae
|genus=Townsendia
|species=Townsendia mensana
|abaxial face pubescence=glabrate;strigillose
|apex shape=acute
|blade length=5mm;40mm
|blade shape=narrowly oblanceolate;lance-linear
|blade texture=not fleshy
|blade width=0.6mm;2.5mm
|corolla atypical some measurement=3.5mm;4.5mm
|corolla coloration=white
|corolla some measurement=4.5mm;6mm
|cypsela some measurement=3mm;3.5mm
|disc-floret quantity=40;60
|face pubescence=hairy;less strigoso-sericeous;strigose
|hair tip shape=glochidiform
|head architecture=sessile
|internode pubescence=pilose
|internode some measurement=0.1mm;1mm
|involucre diameter=7mm;10mm
|involucre shape=campanulate
|lamina pubescence=glandular-puberulent
|lamina some measurement=4mm;8mm
|leaf position=cauline;basal
|pappus duration=persistent
|pappus quantity=15;35
|phyllarie length or size=longer
|phyllarie quantity=25;50
|phyllarie shape=lanceolate
|phyllarie some measurement=6mm;8mm
|ray-floret quantity=13;21
|scale quantity=15;35
|scale shape=subulate;setiform
|scale some measurement=4mm;6.5mm
|series quantity=4;5
|stem orientation=erect
|whole-organism duration=perennial
|whole-organism some measurement=1cm;3cm
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