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Townsendia glabella
Also called Gray's Ground Daisy
Townsendia glabella is a rare plant in the sunflower family that only grows in southwestern Colorado.
Townsendia glabella is endemic to Colorado. According to NatureServe it grows in just four counties in the southwestern corner of the state, Archuleta, La Plata, Montezuma, and Rio Grande counties in the southwestern corner of the state; however the second edition of the Flora of Colorado also lists it in Mesa and Montrose counties in the west. It grows at elevations of 2,100–2,600 meters (6,900–8,500 ft) shale slopes and dry places within pine forests.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Townsendia glabella 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.
