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Townsendia eximia
Townsendia eximia, commonly called the tall Townsend daisy and Rocky Mountain Townsend-daisy, is species in the daisy family in the genus Townsendia. It has relatively large showy flowers with blue-purple petals. It is mostly found in mountains of New Mexico, but also grows in far southern Colorado.
The tall townsend daisy is cultivated and sold as a garden plant, particularly for use in western native plant gardening and rock gardens. Rock gardeners regard the species as easy to grow from seed, like Townsendia parryi and Townsendia exscapa.
Townsendia eximia grows in just two states, New Mexico and Colorado. The majority of its range is in central New Mexico as far south as Socorro and Torrance counties and north to the state line. In Colorado it is found in just four counties in near New Mexico, Conejos, Costilla, Huerfano , and Las Animas.
Last Chance Townsend daisy · Cushion 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 eximia 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.
