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fringe rock daisy, hairy rock-daisy

Lemmon's 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, 6–17(–23) cm (densely clumped, stems leafy); usually densely pilose to villous, sometimes glabrate.
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.

(opposite or alternate): petioles 3–8(–10) mm (usually shorter than blades);

blades ovate to ovate-deltate (margins crenate, lacerate, laciniate, or serrate), or 3–5-lobed or pinnately divided (lobes crenate, lacerate, laciniate, lobed, or serrate), 6–18 × 7–20 mm.

Peduncles

5–25 mm.

1–5(–10) mm.

Involucres

campanulate.

campanulate.

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.

20–40;

corollas yellow, often tinged with purple, tubes 1–1.9 mm, throats broadly tubular to subfunnelform, 2–2.5(–2.9) mm, lobes 0.4–0.6 mm.

Phyllaries

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

10–16, linear-lanceolate, lanceolate, to oblanceolate, 4–6.4(–8) × 1–1.7 mm (apices acute).

Heads

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

borne singly or (2–3) in corymbiform arrays (often obscured by leaves), 7–10 × 5–9 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.

narrowly oblong to narrowly oblanceolate, 2.5–3.2(–3.6) mm, margins thin-calloused, short-hairy;

pappi usually of 1(–2) delicate bristles 1–3(–4) mm, rarely plus vestigial, hyaline scales, sometimes 0.

2n

= 34.

= 34.

Perityle ciliata

Perityle lemmonii

Phenology Flowering spring–fall. Flowering spring–fall.
Habitat In rock crevices Crevices of granitic boulders and cliffs
Elevation 1100–2500 m (3600–8200 ft) 600–2300 m (2000–7500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ
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from FNA
AZ; NM; Mexico (Chihuahua)
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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.)

Perityle lemmonii, which occurs in the mountain areas of southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico, has variable leaf morphology that is often consistent within geographic populations. Its former inclusion within P. dissecta is discussed under that species.

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

Source FNA vol. 21, p. 322. FNA vol. 21, p. 331.
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. cochisensis, P. congesta, P. coronopifolia, P. dissecta, P. emoryi, P. fosteri, P. gilensis, P. gracilis, P. huecoensis, P. intricata, P. inyoensis, 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 lemmonii, Laphamia dissecta subsp. lemmonii
Name authority (L. H. Dewey) Rydberg: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 34: 17. (1914) (A. Gray) J. F. Macbride: Contr. Gray Herb. 56: 39. (1918)
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