Asteraceae
Common Townsend daisy
Townsendia leptotes
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Townsendia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Common Townsend daisy
Synonyms
- Townsendia sericea var. leptotes A.Gray
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bobby McCabe https://www.inaturalist.org/people/bobby23, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bobby McCabe https://www.inaturalist.org/people/bobby23, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Townsendia
- Stemless Townsend daisyTownsendia exscapaAsteraceae
- Last Chance Townsend daisyTownsendia apricaAsteraceae
- Cushion Townsend daisyTownsendia condensataAsteraceae
- Largeflower Townsend daisyTownsendia grandifloraAsteraceae
- Hooker's Townsend daisyTownsendia hookeriAsteraceae
- Tufted Townsend daisyTownsendia scapigeraAsteraceae
- Annual Townsend daisyTownsendia annuaAsteraceae
- Smooth Townsend daisyTownsendia formosaAsteraceae
- Hoary Townsend daisyTownsendia incanaAsteraceae
- Jones' Townsend daisyTownsendia jonesiiAsteraceae
- Wyoming Townsend daisyTownsendia montanaAsteraceae
- Parry's Townsend daisyTownsendia parryiAsteraceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.