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Definition of Townsendia Exscapa

1. Noun. Dwarf tufted nearly stemless herb having a rosette of woolly leaves and large white-rayed flower heads and bristly achenes; central Canada and United States west to Arizona.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Townsendia Exscapa

Literary usage of Townsendia Exscapa

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

1. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden by New York Botanical Garden (1900)
"Townsendia exscapa (Richards.) Porter, Mem. Torr. Bot. Club, 5: 321 [111. Fl. 3 : 351] ; Aster ( ? ..."

2. New Manual of Botany of the Central Rocky Mountains (vascular Plants) by John Merle Coulter (1909)
"Townsendia exscapa (Rich.) Porter, Mem. Torr. Club 5: 321. 1894. Depressed-acaulescent perennial, with closely sessile solitary or few heads on the crown ..."

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