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Townsendia condensata

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Authors: Parry  

Botanical Description

Compact rosettes of spathulate leaves, with the blades shorter than the stalks, woody. Flowerheads sessile among the leaves. Bracts lanceolate, narrow, tapering at the tip. Rays 12 to 100, l-2cm long, white, pink or pale lavender. Montana, Wyoming and Idaho, at high altitudes.