Difference between revisions of "Townsendia aprica"

S. L. Welsh & Reveal

Brittonia 20: 375, fig. 1. 1968.

Synonyms: Townsendia jonesii var. lutea S. L. Welsh
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Revision as of 20:28, 16 December 2019

Perennials, 1–2 cm (± pulvinate). Stems ± erect; internodes 0.1–1 mm, ± strigose. Leaves basal and cauline, blades ± spatulate, 5–8(–16+) × 1.5–2.5+ mm, little, if at all, fleshy, faces ± strigose. Heads ± sessile. Involucres ± campanulate, 4–8+ mm diam. Phyllaries 24–40+ in 4+ series, the longer ± lanceolate, 4–7 mm (l/w = 2.5–5), sometimes glabrate, apices acute to attenuate, abaxial faces usually sparsely strigillose or glandular-puberulent. Ray florets 13–21; corollas yellow adaxially, laminae 4–6+ mm, glandular-puberulent abaxially. Disc florets 25–60+; corollas 4–5+ mm. Cypselae 2–2.5 mm, faces hairy, hair tips glochidiform; pappi persistent; on ray cypselae 10–12 lanceolate to subulate scales 0.5–1+ mm; on disc cypselae 20+ subulate to setiform scales 4–5+ mm. 2n = 18.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–May.
Habitat: Clay hills
Elevation: 1500–2500 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Townsendia aprica is questionably distinct from T. jonesii. Townsendia aprica is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.