Flora of North America species comparison

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Engelmannia peristenia

cutleaf daisy, Engelmann daisy, Engelmann's daisy
Basal leaves

(5–)10–30 cm.
Cauline leaves

gradually smaller distally, primary lobes ovate to narrowly linear, their margins sometimes again lobed or toothed.
Involucres

6–10 mm.
Ray corollas

10–16 mm.
Disc corollas

3.5–5 mm.
Cypselae

3–4 mm;

pappi 1–2 mm.
Phyllary

tips hirsute-ciliate.
2n

= 18.

Engelmannia peristenia
Phenology Flowering Apr–Jul.
Habitat Grasslands, pinyon-juniper woodlands, desert scrub, roadsides
Elevation 100–2000 m (300–6600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AR; AZ; CO; KS; MO; NE; NM; OK; SD; TX; Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas)
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Source FNA vol. 21, p. 87.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ecliptinae > Engelmannia
Synonyms Silphium peristenium, E. pinnatifida
Name authority (Rafinesque) Goodman & C. A. Lawson: Rhodora 94: 381. (1992)
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