BOTANICAL AND ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
SPECIES: Townsendia condensata | Cushion Townsendia 



GENERAL BOTANICAL CHARACTERISTICS : 
Cushion townsendia is a low, caespitose, native perennial with leaves
0.5 to 1.5 inches (12-35 mm) long.  The rays are 8 to 16 mm long and are
white, pink, or lavender [7].


RAUNKIAER LIFE FORM : 
   Hemicryptophyte


REGENERATION PROCESSES : 
Cushion townsendia reproduces sexually by seed [2].


SITE CHARACTERISTICS : 
Cushion townsendia grows on exposed alpine ridges, rocky barren slopes,
and alpine tundra.  It was reported on rocky soil weathered from shale
on the southwest-facing summit of an alpine ridge and on a limestone
shingle of a windswept ridge.  It was growing with Eriogonum androsaceum
and Dryopteris octapela [5,7,9,10].  It was reported at 8,100 to 10,500
feet (2,610-3,390 m) in Montana [6], 11,050 to 11,250 feet (3,565-3,630
m) in Utah [10], and 7,000 to 11,800 feet (2,120-3,600 m) in Wyoming
[2].
 


SUCCESSIONAL STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


SEASONAL DEVELOPMENT : 
Cushion townsendia flowers in late June and July [5].

Related categories for Species: Townsendia condensata | Cushion Townsendia