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fringe rock daisy, hairy rock-daisy

Cochise Rock daisy

Habit Subshrubs, 15–30 cm (in rock crevices, stems relatively many, erect to pendulous); sparsely to densely short-hairy, glandular. Perennials or subshrubs, 4–12(–15+) cm (usually erect, compact, sometimes spreading, moderately to densely leafy); usually glabrate, sometimes sparsely or densely short-hairy, rarely sparsely villous.
Leaves

petioles 2–15 mm;

blades deltate-ovate to ovate-rhombic, 6–23 × 5–24 mm, margins usually entire or serrate to serrate-crenate, sometimes shallow-lobed.

petioles 5–30 mm (usually equal to or longer than blades);

blades deltate-orbiculate, ovate, or subdeltate, 5–27 × 6–27 mm, irregularly lobed, lobes 3–5, ultimate margins serrate or lobed.

Peduncles

5–25 mm.

5–10 mm.

Involucres

campanulate.

broadly campanulate to hemispheric.

Ray florets

6–10;

corollas white, sometimes pink tinged, laminae broadly oblong to oblong-elliptic, 3–7 × 1.5–3 mm.

0.

Disc florets

30–40;

corollas yellow, often purple tinged, tubes 0.8–1 mm, throats tubular to tubular-funnelform, 1.2–1.4 mm, lobes 0.3–0.4 mm.

30–45(–60);

corollas yellow, tubes 0.8–1 mm, throats funnelform to narrowly campanulate, 1.8–2 mm, lobes 0.6–0.8 mm.

Phyllaries

13–20, linear-lanceolate to narrow-ovate, 4–5.5 × 1–2 mm.

12–22, lanceolate to ovate, 4.5–6.5 × 1–2.5 mm.

Heads

in corymbiform arrays, 5–7 × 5.5–7 mm.

usually borne singly, 8–10 × ca. 10 mm.

Cypselae

linear-oblong to oblanceolate, 2–2.8 mm, margins prominently calloused, long-ciliate;

pappi of 2(–3+) barbellulate bristles 1.5–2.5 mm plus crowns of hyaline, laciniate scales.

oblong to narrowly oblanceolate, 2.5–3 mm, margins thin-calloused, sparsely short-ciliate;

pappi usually of 1(–2) unequal, distally subplumose bristles 2–2.5 mm, sometimes 0.

2n

= 34.

= 34.

Perityle ciliata

Perityle cochisensis

Phenology Flowering spring–fall. Flowering spring–fall.
Habitat In rock crevices Granite rock crevices in canyons
Elevation 1100–2500 m (3600–8200 ft) 1500–2100 m (4900–6900 ft)
Distribution
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AZ
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Discussion

Perityle ciliata is found only in the mountains of central Arizona in Apache, Coconino, Gila, Mohave, and Yavapai counties. It appears to be most closely related to P. coronopifolia.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Of conservation concern.

Perityle cochisensis is known only from the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona. Some collections of P. lemmonii from the Big Hatchet Mountains of Hidalgo County in southwestern New Mexico may have petioles approaching the length of the blades as in P. cochisensis. The densely pilose or villous induments of those New Mexican plants is similar to that of P. lemmonii.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 21, p. 322. FNA vol. 21, p. 334.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Peritylinae > Perityle > sect. Perityle Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Peritylinae > Perityle > sect. Laphamia
Sibling taxa
P. aglossa, P. ajoensis, P. ambrosiifolia, P. angustifolia, P. bisetosa, P. cernua, P. cinerea, P. cochisensis, P. congesta, P. coronopifolia, P. dissecta, P. emoryi, P. fosteri, P. gilensis, P. gracilis, P. huecoensis, P. intricata, P. inyoensis, P. lemmonii, P. lindheimeri, P. megalocephala, P. microglossa, P. parryi, P. quinqueflora, P. rupestris, P. saxicola, P. specuicola, P. stansburyi, P. staurophylla, P. tenella, P. vaseyi, P. villosa, P. vitreomontana, P. warnockii
P. aglossa, P. ajoensis, P. ambrosiifolia, P. angustifolia, P. bisetosa, P. cernua, P. ciliata, P. cinerea, P. congesta, P. coronopifolia, P. dissecta, P. emoryi, P. fosteri, P. gilensis, P. gracilis, P. huecoensis, P. intricata, P. inyoensis, P. lemmonii, P. lindheimeri, P. megalocephala, P. microglossa, P. parryi, P. quinqueflora, P. rupestris, P. saxicola, P. specuicola, P. stansburyi, P. staurophylla, P. tenella, P. vaseyi, P. villosa, P. vitreomontana, P. warnockii
Synonyms Laphamia ciliata Laphamia cochisensis
Name authority (L. H. Dewey) Rydberg: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 34: 17. (1914) (W. E. Niles) A. M. Powell: Sida 5: 123. (1973)
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