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Townsendia condensata
Also called Alpine Townsend Daisy, Alpine Townsendia, Yellowstone Grounddaisy, Cushion Townsendia
Townsendia condensata is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names cushion Townsend daisy and cushion townsendia. It is native to North America where it is known from many scattered occurrences in the mountains of the western United States and Alberta in Canada. It is mainly limited to the alpine climates of high mountain peaks, where it grows in meadows, tundra, and barren, rocky talus. It grows alongside other alpine plants such as Eriogonum androsaceum.
This is a petite biennial or perennial herb taking a clumped form just a few centimeters tall, its herbage growing on a caudex and taproot unit. The leaves are 1 or 1.5 centimeters long, rounded, and coated in woolly hairs. The inflorescence is generally a solitary flower head 1 to 3 centimeters wide with rough-haired, lance-shaped phyllaries.
Last Chance Townsend daisy · Tall Townsend daisy · Stemless Townsend daisy · Showy Townsendia · Gray's Townsend daisy · Largeflower Townsend daisy · Hooker's Townsend daisy · Common Townsend daisy · Rothrock's Townsend daisy · Tufted Townsend daisy · Townsend daisy
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Townsendia condensata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
