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Easter daisy
Townsendia exscapa
Townsendia exscapa, commonly referred to as Easter daisy or stemless Townsend daisy, is species in the daisy family in the genus Townsendia. It is a low-lying perennial found in openings of pine forests and meadows. Distribution of the flower includes Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, through the Dakotas down to Texas and Chihuahua, Mexico, and also extending westward to Idaho, Nevada, and Arizona.
From the article Townsendia exscapa on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Blooming in March through July, the white flowers have a very short stem, just reaching 1 in (25 mm) in height. Leaves of the plant are noted to extend longer than the ray florets, a feature common throughout the Asteraceae family. They remain easily-overlooked by growing close to the ground in mats, early in the season, and being short-lived.
In human culture
Genus Townsendia is named in honor of amateur botanist David Townsend. Species name "exscapa" derives from "ex" as in "without" and "scap" or "shaft", referring to the appearance of the flowers being stemless.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 169837.