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| Townsendia hookeri Beaman | Species Image Gallery (opens in a new window) |
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| TAXONOMY | |||||||||
| Family: | Asteraceae or Compositae | ||||||||
| Genus: | Townsendia | ||||||||
| Species Synonyms: | none | ||||||||
| Common Names: | Easter-daisy Hooker townsendia Hooker’s townsend daisy Townsend-daisy |
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| DISTRIBUTION | |||||||||
| Canada: | southwestern Yukon Territory – Alberta – Saskatchewan – southwestern Manitoba | ||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | southern – central Saskatchewan; Swift Current – Carlton | ||||||||
| Ecoregion: | Mixed Grassland, Moist Mixed Grassland, Aspen Parkland | ||||||||
| HABITAT | |||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | dry embankments and eroded slopes in short grass prairie | ||||||||
| Associated Species: | needleleaf sedge, prairie cinquefoil | ||||||||
| RARITY STATUS | |||||||||
| Provincial
Status According to Harms (2003): |
Threatened |
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| Nature Conservancy Status: | G5 |
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| Saskatchewan
Species at Risk Status: |
None |
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| COSEWIC Status: | None |
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| No information is available regarding the threatened status of this species in Saskatchewan. | |||||||||
| SPECIES DESCRIPTION | |||||||||
| Roots: | taproot | ||||||||
| Stems: | stem base branched, woody; stems dwarfish, in dense tufts | ||||||||
| Leaves: | basal, tufted, 1 – 4 cm long, 1 – 2 mm wide, longer than inflorescence, linear to narrowly lance-shaped, greyish-green, hairs white and denser at base of leaf | ||||||||
| Inflorescence: | solitary, among leaves, with ray and disc flowers; stalk very short or absent; bracts in 3 – 4 overlapping series, 1 – 1.5 cm tall, linear, purple or green with purple tip, terminal tuft of hairs | ||||||||
| Flowers: | ray flowers 15 – 20, 9 – 15 mm long, white above, creamy or pinkish below; disc flowers 4 – 6 mm long, yellow, occasionally pinkish-tipped | ||||||||
| Fruits: | achenes compressed, hairy; pappus of barbed capillary bristles, barely exceeding petals | ||||||||
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