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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Townsendia exscapa
|accepted_authority=(Richardson) Porter
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Mem. Torrey Bot. Club
|place=5: 321. 1894
|year=1894
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Aster exscapus
|authority=Richardson
|rank=species
|publication_title=in J. Franklin et al., Narr. Journey Polar Sea,
|publication_place=748. 1823
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Townsendia sericea
|authority=Hooker
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Astereae;Townsendia;Townsendia exscapa
|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 exscapa]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 20
|mention_page=page 195
|treatment_page=page 200
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials,</b> 1–3 cm (± pulvinate). <b>Stems</b> ± erect; internodes 0.1–1 mm, ± hirsute to strigose or glabrate. <b>Leaves</b> basal and cauline, blades ± spatulate to narrowly oblanceolate or linear, 12–40(–75) × 2–6+ mm, not fleshy, faces ± strigillose. <b>Heads</b> ± sessile (usually nestled among rosette leaves). <b>Involucres</b> ± hemispheric, (10–)12–25+ mm diam. <b>Phyllaries</b> 30–45(–60) in 4–6+ series, the longer narrowly lanceolate or linear to subulate, (10–)12–14(–17) mm (l/w = 6–9), apices obtuse to acute, abaxial faces sparsely strigillose or glabrate. <b>Ray</b> florets 11–40; corollas white adaxially, laminae (9–)12–18+ mm, glabrous abaxially. <b>Disc</b> florets 100–150+; corollas 6.5–9(–12+) mm. <b>Cypselae</b> 4(–6+) mm, faces hairy, hair tips glochidiform; pappi persistent; on ray cypselae 20–30 setiform scales 6–8+ mm; on disc cypselae 20–30+ setiform scales 6.5–11+ mm. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jun(–Aug).
|habitat=Openings in pine forests, meadows, gravelly hills, sandy soils
|elevation=(1300–)1600–2300(–3300) m
|distribution=Alta.;Man.;Sask.;Ariz.;Colo.;Idaho;Kans.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.Mex.;N.Dak.;Okla.;S.Dak.;Tex.;Utah;Wyo.;Mexico (Chihuahua).
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Townsendia exscapa
|authority=(Richardson) Porter
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Townsendia sericea
|basionyms=Aster exscapus
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–Jun(–Aug).
|habitat=Openings in pine forests, meadows, gravelly hills, sandy soils
|elevation=(1300–)1600–2300(–3300) m
|distribution=Alta.;Man.;Sask.;Ariz.;Colo.;Idaho;Kans.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.Mex.;N.Dak.;Okla.;S.Dak.;Tex.;Utah;Wyo.;Mexico (Chihuahua).
|reference=None
|publication title=Mem. Torrey Bot. Club
|publication year=1894
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Astereae
|genus=Townsendia
|species=Townsendia exscapa
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