Townsendia minima

Perennials, 1-2+ cm (± pulvinate). Stems ± erect; internodes 0.1-1+ mm, ± strigose. Leaves basal and cauline, blades ± spatulate, 5-10(-15+) × 1.5-3+ mm, ± fleshy, faces sparsely strigose or glabrate. Heads ± sessile. Involucres ± campanulate, 6-10 mm diam. Phyllaries 20-28 in 3-4+ series, the longer ± lanceolate, 5-7 mm (l/w = 2.5-5), sometimes glabrate, apices obtuse to acute, abaxial faces usually ± strigillose. Ray florets 8-21; corollas white or pinkish adaxially, laminae 4-8 mm, abaxially usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely glandular-puberulent. Disc florets 20-40+; corollas 3-4 mm. Cypselae 2-3.5 mm, faces hairy, hair tips entire or forked; pappi persistent, 15-30 subulate to setiform scales 3-5 mm. 2n = 27 (apomicts).

Flowering Apr-Jun. Rocky slopes, talus; of conservation concern; 1800-3100 m; Utah.