Townsendia spathulata
Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 305. 1840.
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
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Lower Taxa
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