Townsendia

Townsendia
noun
genus of western American low tufted herbs: Easter daisy
• Syn: ↑genus Townsendia
• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑family Asteraceae, ↑aster family
• Member Meronyms: ↑Easter daisy, ↑stemless daisy, ↑Townsendia Exscapa

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\\tau̇nˈzendēə\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from David Townsend died 1858 American botanist + New Latin -ia
: a genus of western American mostly low and tufted herbs (family Compositae) with large heads of purple-rayed or white-rayed flowers and achenes that are beset with bristly forked hairs — see easter daisy

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  • Townsendia — Townsendia …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Townsendĭa — (T. Hook), Pflanzengattung aus der Familie Compositae Asteroideae Euastereae; Art: T. sericea …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Townsendia — Townse …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Townsendia —   Townsendia Townsendia incana …   Wikipedia Español

  • Townsendia — Taxobox name = Townsend daisies image caption = Townsendia parryi regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Asterales familia = Asteraceae tribus = Astereae genus = Townsendia genus authority = Hook. subdivision… …   Wikipedia

  • Townsendia — ID 84714 Symbol Key TOWNS Common Name Townsend daisy Family Asteraceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity N/A US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, KS, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY Growth Habit …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Townsendia condensata — Townsendia condensata …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Townsendia condensata — Townsendia …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Townsendia Exscapa — 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 • Syn: ↑Easter daisy, ↑stemless daisy • Hypernyms: ↑flower • Member… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Townsendia alpigena — ID 84715 Symbol Key TOAL Common Name Wyoming Townsend daisy Family Asteraceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution CO, ID, MT, OR, UT, WY Growth Habit Forb/herb …   USDA Plant Characteristics

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