Definition of Genus Townsendia

1. Noun. Genus of western American low tufted herbs: Easter daisy.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Townsendia

genus Tinca
genus Tinea
genus Tineola
genus Tipuana
genus Titanosaurus
genus Tithonia
genus Todea
genus Todus
genus Tofieldia
genus Tolmiea
genus Tolypeutes
genus Tomistoma
genus Toona
genus Torreya
genus Tortrix
genus Townsendia (current term)
genus Toxicodendron
genus Toxostoma
genus Toxotes
genus Trachinotus
genus Trachipterus
genus Trachodon
genus Trachurus
genus Tradescantia
genus Tragelaphus
genus Tragopan
genus Tragopogon
genus Tragulus
genus Trapa

Literary usage of Genus Townsendia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"... among the most desirable of the genus. They are offered by collectors oí Colorado wild flowers. As a genus Townsendia is distinguished mainly by its ..."

2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and ...by Liberty Hyde Bailey by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"As a genus, Townsendia is distinguished mainly by its achene, which is commonly beset with bristly duplex hairs, having a forked or ..."

3. The Forest Wealth of Oregon by Edmund P. Sheldon (1904)
"... the Oso berry, and Townsend has named for him the beautiful genus Townsendia. This completes the list of the important early explorers of our forest ..."

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