| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Townsendia fendleri A.Gray trib. Astereae |
| Bibliography | Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n.s., 4(1): 70 (1849) |
| Native Range | Colorado to New Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1200-2400m |
| Description | leaves narrowly oblanceolate to linear, 6-20mm, pilose to strigose, capitula solitary, terminal, amongst leaves, phyllaries acute, strigose, ligules 5-10mm long |
| Size | 3-12cm |
| Color | white, rose |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings of rosettes in spring |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |