Townsendia (plant)

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Townsend daisies
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Townsendia parryi
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Astereae
Subtribe: Astranthiinae
Genus: Townsendia
Hook.
Type species
Townsendia sericea
(syn of T. exscapa) [1]

Townsendia is a genus of North American plants in the tribe Astereae within the family Asteraceae. [2] [3]

The genus is known commonly as Townsend daisies or as grounddaisies. [4] [5] These annual, biennial and perennial wildflowers are native to western North America, frequently at high elevations. A number of taxa are tall, erect plants, like typical daisies. Others form small, dense, leafy rosettes, or have a more sprawling, prostrate appearance. Frequently, the flower heads are showy and attractive, with the ray florets in shades of pink, purple, blue, white, and, rarely, yellow. [6]

The genus name honors Pennsylvania botanist David Townsend (1787–1858). [2] [6]

Species [1] [7] [8]
formerly included

see Xylorhiza

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References

  1. 1 2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-06 at archive.today
  2. 1 2 Hooker, William Jackson. 1834. Flora Boreali-Americana 2(7): 16 description in Latin, commentary in English
  3. ↑ Hooker, William Jackson. 1834. Flora Boreali-Americana 2(7): plate CXIX (119) full-page line drawings of Townsendia sericea, syn of T. exscapa
  4. ↑ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Townsendia". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "grounddaisies (Genus Townsendia)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  6. 1 2 Flora of North America, Vol. 20 Page 193 Townsendia Hooker, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 16, plate 119. 1834.
  7. ↑ The Plant List search for Townsendia
  8. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
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